PAONIA, COLO. – High Country News, the nation’s leading source of reporting on the American West, just released the first feature in a continuing series of stories about women working in public-land agencies who are being harassed and abused by their male colleagues.
Read the complete story here: hcne.ws/trial-by-fire (contact joann@hcn.org for free editor access). Contact brianc@hcn.org to set up interviews with HCN staff and contributing writers.
Trial by Fire is part of a longer series of stories High Country News is covering about the challenges women face working for public lands agencies. Our reporters are conducting an ongoing investigation into the long history of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and gender discrimination in the National Park Service and other agencies, and how agency officials handle these complaints.
Read the stories we’ve written so far on the subject here:
hcne.ws/legacy-of-harassment
If you are interested in republishing Trial by Fire, or any of our other current harassment coverage, contact gretchenk@hcn.org.
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