Samenvatting

Previous research on violence against journalists in the Netherlands shows that 82 percent of journalists have had to deal with aggression and (violent) threats. In this article, we provide a rich insight into the phenomenon of violence against journalists based on a mixed-methods study. Our results indicate that violence against journalists can be categorized into four contexts that illustrate that violence against journalists has different types of offenders and victims, who deal with various forms of violence, in varying degrees. Our research shows that violence against journalists is a complex and multiple problem, which requires a differentiated approach.