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This chapter outlines the way human trafficking has been reported and seeks to establish best practice models for reporting human trafficking. It draws on the use of ethical guidelines by key organisations experienced in combatting human trafficking and argues for a slow journalism approach to be applied in the construction of these narratives. Three best practice reporting case studies are presented that identify the in-depth analysis required to report human trafficking. These avoid recurring pitfalls in this kind of reporting which often stereotype victims, while narrowly focussing on sex trafficking, to the exclusion of diverse forms of human trafficking.
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Downman, S., Ubayasiri, K. (2017). Reporting Human Trafficking. In: Journalism for Social Change in Asia. Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95179-6_7
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