At the Canadian Journalism Foundation inaugural World News day, Carol Todd, whose daughter Amanda committed suicide after experiencing online bullying, said she kept a written record of every journalist who called and emailed her. “We didn’t want to be a family out there that shared our story,” she told the audience at CBC’s Barbara Frum atrium. “In the throes of sadness, I didn’t want to do that.”Five and a half years after her daughter’s death was publicly broadcast around the world, Todd is grateful for the power of journalism for continuing the legacy of her daughter’s efforts to shed light on cyberbullying. Her story began the CJF event, which coincided with the United Nations’ World Press Freedom Day. The event came days after nine journalists were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, in the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Source: thestar May 04, 2018 01:10 UTC