Vancouver crime reporter speaks out about journalist harassment [Video]

A Vancouver crime reporter is speaking out about harassment related to his work — something that started as a small story — but grew into a big problem for his perception of his health and safety.

Jeremy Hainsworth, a Glacier Media reporter, has been working in news for more than 30 years with a focus on crime and courts and says he’s endured abuse along the way.

“I’ve faced a lot of harassment, a lot of vile comments, emails, threats, being spat on, having my tires slashed, but I have never had what I perceived to be death threats,” said Hainsworth from B.C. provincial court in Vancouver in late April.

‘Left me terrified’

That all changed two years ago when Hainsworth wrote a story about a Vancouver man in his 40s who was convicted of causing a disturbance at Burger King in downtown Vancouver and resisting police.

When the subject of the story read it, he wasn’t happy according to Hainsworth and showed up …