Journalist Tracey Spicer has rejected suggestions she breached the privacy of women who sent her confidential disclosures of rape and abuse, which were then included in a documentary and circulated to media outlets without their knowledge.
“And that's something you will have to bring up with the production company and the ABC, because I personally was given assurances these would not be in shot.” The ABC and Southern Pictures have publicly apologised and vowed to cut the scenes showing the disclosures of the two women. A third woman, who has since died, consented to share her story prior to her death and will have her name blurred in the final version, according to Southern Pictures.
She described herself as “one of many participants” in the documentary and said she last saw a version “a couple of months ago, as a participant, before it went through these processes”. On Wednesday Spicer said she had tried “desperately to get back to everyone” within 48 hours after her initial Twitter call out and was left with vicarious trauma and a major depressive disorder because she “wasn’t qualified to be hearing these stories as a freelance journalist”.
“She was given advice about directing people to a personal account and transferring material without losing or compromising information,” the spokesperson told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday.that the email account set up was monitored daily by a union staff member and Spicer was also able to access it.
I think Tracey hit the nail on the head when she said that as a freelance journalist she wasn’t equipped to deal with peoples disclosures. I think this shows why personal disclosures which include trauma need to be dealt with by professionals, not people who mean well.
Surely this is the end for Tracey Spicer,the aged,has been hack. I see now why she was sacked from television. Amateur,abuse of trust,unconscionable incompetence. Needs to be held to account.
But why was the screen opened in the first place, with the crew present? It’s confidentiality 101, and enshrined in the code of ethics of every profession who works with survivors.
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