Behind the Story: Inside the Unsilenced anti-trans event

Wellington editor Joel MacManus appreciates that those we might not
agree with can still make for an interesting and worthy story. Last
weekend, he attended an anti-trans conference to hear speakers like
Brian Tamaki, Posie Parker and NZ First MP Tanya Unkovich speak
about the “dangers” of gender ideology. Joel’s feature was a chance
to report on a culture war, rather than react to it, and prompted
an intense response from the speakers themselves. Joel joins
Madeleine Chapman on Behind the Story to talk about reporting in
hostile environments and how to deal with feedback when it becomes
abusive and personal. For The Spinoff editor’s thoughts on the week
that was, as well as a handpicked collection of the week’s best
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