MORE than half of journalists have been subjected to violence, harassment, threats and abuse, a survey published today by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), which represents workers in Britain and Ireland, has found.

The union has laid bare the experiences of individuals, which include being threatened with knives, hit with glass bottles, having their homes fire-bombed and targeted by online stalking that has extended to contact with their families, friends and children. 

“I have had to leave home on occasions due to death threats, and my house has had to be fitted with extra security measures such as cameras and a reinforced door,” one journalist told the NUJ’s researchers.