Salma Loum has covered sexual assault and domestic violence since her time at Stanford University, where she earned a master’s degree in journalism. When she speaks with survivors of sexual assault and advocates, a question emerges: What is the first thing you do after a sexual assault?
“Almost exclusively, it’s, ‘We Google what to do’ or, ‘We just go online and figure out what our next steps are’ when they reach that moment,” Loum said.
