My Four-Part Series on Domestic Violence.
(Winner: New York Press Association, Best News or Feature Series, second place)
Every minute, an average of 20 people experience intimate partner physical violence in the US.
On a typical day, domestic violence hotlines nationwide receive over 20,000 calls.
There are more than 10 million abuse victims annually.
Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.
On a typical day, domestic violence hotlines nationwide receive over 20,000 calls.
There are more than 10 million abuse victims annually.
Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In 2018, I wrote a month-long series for our local paper, The Record-Review, to help educate our community about the facts and local resources surrounding this issue. Because our paper is not available online, I've scanned in each article for you to read - please see below.
The series was published on the following dates: Friday, October 5; Friday, October 12; Friday, October 19; and Friday, October 26. Our local newspaper covers the towns of Bedford, Pound Ridge and Lewisboro, NY.
The series was published on the following dates: Friday, October 5; Friday, October 12; Friday, October 19; and Friday, October 26. Our local newspaper covers the towns of Bedford, Pound Ridge and Lewisboro, NY.
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NOTE: Victims, advocates, citizens and elected officials wrote encouraging letters to the editor regarding this series.
Below is the letter from the Pound Ridge Town Supervisor.
Editor:
The series of articles on domestic violence by writer Gia Miller and published over the four week period in October that coincided with Domestic Violence Awareness Month is emblematic of journalism in its finest form. Ms. Miller's coverage of the topic was as professional a piece of writing as I have seen anywhere, and I include the national press in that assessment! That the Record Review provided the front and center space each week (in color, no less!) for the series is to be commended. Rarely will one ever see such high quality coverage of an issue in a small weekly paper, and I sincerely hope that, however it is done, this work is submitted for whatever journalistic awards are out there--it is deserving of much wider recognition than what your limited readership area is able to offer. Domestic abuse, in all its forms, is a societal scourge that for too long has been kept from sight, and it is the in depth coverage like Ms. Miller's series that is finally bringing much attention to not only the issue itself, but to the many services in existence of which victims and survivors can avail themselves. Please accept my personal thanks for a job well done.
Sincerely,
Richard Lyman
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NOTE: Victims, advocates, citizens and elected officials wrote encouraging letters to the editor regarding this series.
Below is the letter from the Pound Ridge Town Supervisor.
Editor:
The series of articles on domestic violence by writer Gia Miller and published over the four week period in October that coincided with Domestic Violence Awareness Month is emblematic of journalism in its finest form. Ms. Miller's coverage of the topic was as professional a piece of writing as I have seen anywhere, and I include the national press in that assessment! That the Record Review provided the front and center space each week (in color, no less!) for the series is to be commended. Rarely will one ever see such high quality coverage of an issue in a small weekly paper, and I sincerely hope that, however it is done, this work is submitted for whatever journalistic awards are out there--it is deserving of much wider recognition than what your limited readership area is able to offer. Domestic abuse, in all its forms, is a societal scourge that for too long has been kept from sight, and it is the in depth coverage like Ms. Miller's series that is finally bringing much attention to not only the issue itself, but to the many services in existence of which victims and survivors can avail themselves. Please accept my personal thanks for a job well done.
Sincerely,
Richard Lyman
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Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
