Photo of a Sexual Assault Evidence collection kit box on table

Begun Center’s Rachel Lovell’s work with journalist Rachel Dissell highlighted

Rachel Lovell, research assistant professor at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education and journalist Rachel Dissell, formerly of The Plain Dealer, were highlighted in articles by The Journalist’s Resource.

The first, titled “How they did it: A reporter-researcher partnership deepens public understanding of untested rape kits in Cleveland,” the partnership they formed as a result of Cuyahoga County’s Sexual Assault Kit Taskforce.

The second, titled “9 tips for effective collaborations between journalists and academic researchers,” gave tips on how to replicate the successful journalist-researcher partnership they formed.