"Is he on The Island?" On the (lack of) professional consequences for sexual harassers
Truly, we do all know who the newsroom perverts are/were. But no female reporter in her right mind would name names. In the few instances where I witnessed a report made, it became very uncomfortable for her in the newsroom after that point …
I used to have a very elaborate inside joke with a few other women in media. It was called The Island, and the narrative went like this: All of the editors we know to be sexual harassers or professional bullies are on a plane together, probably heading to some sort of “ideas festival,” when the…