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image captionPatricia Devlin believes paramilitaries think women in the media are easy targets
Women working in the media suffer more abuse for reporting on paramilitaries than their male counterparts, a Sunday World newspaper journalist has said.
Patricia Devlin has received multiple death threats - including two within 12 hours - and was recently the subject of sinister graffiti in east Belfast.
Last year she lodged an official complaint against the police for a complete failure to properly investigate a threat to rape her baby.
She said the attacks are escalating.
Speaking to BBC News NI, Ms Devlin said female reporters were more frequently threatened for their work.