Info for Media

Crediting the campaign

• Accessibility: We ask all media to capitalise the first letter of each word in the campaign name so that screen readers can correctly read them. (eg. #LetHerSpeak and #LetUsSpeak as opposed to #letherspeak or #Letusspeak.)
• When crediting the #LetHerSpeak campaign (which covers Tasmania and the Northern Territory), media should state that the #LetHerSpeak campaign ‘was created by journalist and sexual assault survivor advocate Nina Funnell in partnership with Marque Lawyers and End Rape On Campus Australia’. 
• When crediting the Victorian arm of the campaign (known as #LetUsSpeak) media should state the ‘#LetUsSpeak campaign was created by journalist and sexual assault survivor advocate Nina Funnell in partnership with Marque Lawyers, End Rape On Campus Australia, and Rape & Sexual Assault Research & Advocacy.’
• Grace Tame’s legal case can be described as a catalyst for the creation of the #LetHerSpeak Tasmania campaign.
• Jaime-lee Page’s legal case can be described as the catalyst for the creation of the #LetUsSpeak Victoria campaign.
• ‘Sandra’s case can be described as the catalyst for the #LetHerSpeak NT campaign.
• Survivors assisted by the campaign who do speak to media do so in their individual capacities only, and not as representatives of, or official spokespersons for the campaign or campaign partners. No survivors who have featured in the campaign are co-creators, co-founders or partners. (Please direct any questions about the campaign including its purpose, process, goals, objectives, achievements, or future direction to the creator and/ or partners via ninafunnell@gmail.com )

When interviewing survivors who have received legal assistance via the campaign

• Please note that for privacy reasons we do not hand out the contact details of individual survivors who have featured in/ or received legal assistance via the campaign. 
• In some circumstances deemed appropriate, we may be willing to forward media requests to individual survivors featured in the campaign. 
• Depending on the terms of each survivor’s court order, media may need to seek consent from individual survivors featured in the campaign to name them.
• In Victoria, from November 2020, survivors have the legal right to tailor their consent, meaning media should seek ‘fresh’ consent each time the survivor is named in public.  
• Survivors assisted by the campaign who do speak to media do so in their individual capacities only, and not as representatives of, or official spokespersons for the campaign or campaign partners. (Please direct any questions about the campaign’s creation, purpose, process, goals, objectives, achievements, or future direction to the creator and/ or partners via ninafunnell@gmail.com ).
• Individual survivors who have received legal assistance via the campaign can be described as having been assisted or supported by the campaign or having featured in the campaign. To avoid confusion, they should not be referred to as “partners”, “creators” or “co-founders”.

A note on unauthorised social media accounts 

Media should note that for various safety and legal reasons there are no social media accounts officially connected to the campaign.

In recent months, the campaign partners have been made aware of a number of social media accounts and petitions which have been set up by unauthorised individuals who have no connection with the official campaign. 

These accounts and pages have been engaged in a number of dangerous practices, including dispensing unsound legal and counselling advice. We note that many of these accounts and pages have unmoderated comment sections which can also contain dangerous, unlawful and defamatory content. 

In several cases, these unauthorised accounts have used official campaign materials (in breach of copyright) in order to give the appearance of authenticity and legitimacy. A number have also reproduced photos of survivors who are affiliated with the campaign – without survivor consent – and this has exacerbated individual survivor distress. On rare occasions the creators of these unauthorised accounts have sent press releases to mainstream media, or offered interviews. 

The campaign creator and partners have worked closely with various social media and online platforms to have these accounts removed or listed as unofficial and we continue to monitor this situation closely.