Online harassment is not new to women, especially when it comes to female journalists and bloggers. In fact, about two-thirds of women journalists have faced threats, intimidation or abuse about the work they do, according to the and the . The threat even extends to family or friends a quarter of the time.
Michelle Ferrier has been a victim of cyberharassment herself. Wanting to put an end to it, she founded . She?'s the Associate Dean for Innovation, Research/Creative Activity and Graduate Studies at ; Associate Professor of ; President of ; and Principal Investigator for . TrollBusters provides a platform where journalists can type in the URL of an inappropriate message and locate the offender or ?troll.? Michelle Ferrier joins us to talk about the platform.