Surviving: A Journalistic Podcast Exploring Life Beyond Abuse

Abstract

In an effort to bring better visibility and more nuanced coverage to an underreported issue, this project compiles available research on the topic of domestic violence, establishes the need for increased quality and quantity of coverage and creates a pilot season of a podcast focusing on the diverse identities and experiences of survivors.Specifically this project aims to highlight the stories of those not regularly portrayed in media. It includes interviews with a victim of child abuse, a victim of financial abuse and a victim from the LGBT community. The continuation of the podcast would go on to include countless more survivor testimonies overlaid with expert observations, statistics and scenes from organizations making a difference in the lives of survivors.