Take Back The News confronts the misrepresentation and underrepresentation of sexual assault in mainstream media with the goal of improving both the quantity and quality of media coverage of sexual assault. We intend to provide outlets for rape survivors to publish their stories in their own words. Take Back The News also seeks to raise public awareness about the epidemic nature of rape, in order to foster greater public dialogue and ultimately greater public responsibility.

›READ stories of rape survival that were not published in mainstream media.

›SUBMIT your own story of surviving rape or sexual assault.

In addition to collecting and publishing rape survival stories on the web, Take Back the News has several other projects in the works. These include:

Media Response Project: a streamlined system to track and archive media articles regarding rape and to contact editors and reporters regarding our concerns of how rape is misrepresented or underrepresented in the media

College Writing Workshop: a program for colleges to use to encourage survivors to write about the circumstances surrounding their assault

Community Print Projects: Take Back the News provides downloadable instructions on our website on how community centers, campus women's centers, and other organizations can raise community awareness through newspaper print projects and related events.