Jeje Mohamed

Apr 3, 2024 | pen.org | Viktorya Vilk |Jeje Mohamed

IntroductionOnline abuse stifles freedom of expression, undermines equity and inclusion, and threatens livelihoods. In the United States and around the world, it has become a major occupational hazard, affecting everyone from scientists and academics to election officials and journalists. Journalists in particular, whose work can involve challenging the status quo and holding the powerful to account, have become lightning rods for online abuse.

Jan 19, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Viktorya Vilk |Jeje Mohamed

Online abuse can feel like an enormous, insurmountable problem, but we are not helpless, and we refuse to be silent. Together we can fight back to make the internet safer, more equitable and more free. Online abuse can cause trauma and even trigger a fight, flight or freeze response. Remember: This is not your fault and you’re not alone in experiencing it. If you feel physically unsafe, consider filing a police report and bringing along someone you trust.

Jan 18, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Viktorya Vilk |Jeje Mohamed

In 2011, I was a young student marching alongside millions of Egyptians to demand the removal of then-president Hosni Mubarak, who brutally clung to power for nearly 30 years. As I washed off tear gas and blood and patched up protesters violently attacked by the police and military forces, I made a fateful decision: I would leave my premedical studies to pursue a career in journalism to expose human rights abuses. Covering human rights abuses under a dictatorship was hard.

Feb 28, 2023 | cyber.harvard.edu | Jeje Mohamed

Whether they are reporting on gun violence, covering protests in the post-Dobbs era, or sharing information about COVID with the public, journalists are on the frontlines, bringing important issues to light. But the risks of that reporting don’t lie equally with everyone. White women journalists face much more significant harassment than their white male counterparts, and women of color face harassment based on their gender, race/ethnicity, or both at the same time.