Thursday, April 16, 2020

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on the Harvey Weinstein investigation that ignited #MeToo

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on the Harvey Weinstein investigation that ignited #MeToo

This article has been published to coincide with an episode of Mashable's new podcast, History Becomes Her. Listen here.

Season 1 of History Becomes Her kicks off with two very special guests: Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the New York Times reporters behind the Harvey Weinstein investigation

Kantor and Twohey changed the world with a single story. Within days of the investigation's publication, the #MeToo hashtag — a movement started a decade earlier by civil rights activist Tarana Burke — went viral. 

Episode 1 of History Becomes Her reveals the dramatic events that took place behind the scenes of the investigation, the obstacles they overcame, and their thoughts on the extraordinary response their investigation garnered. In the episode, Kantor and Twohey discuss their book She Said, published by Bloomsbury, which tells the dramatic story of the events that led up to — and followed on from — the sexual harassment investigation that ignited a global movement.  Read more...

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