Prioritizing mental health in the newsroom: How to create a culture of well-being скачать в хорошем качестве

Prioritizing mental health in the newsroom: How to create a culture of well-being

Today’s journalists are under a tremendous amount of stress. The news cycle is incessant, and reporters and editors are routinely exposed to trauma. The news industry, especially local news, faces an uncertain future. And online harassment of journalists, especially women and journalists of color, is a huge and growing problem. Studies have found that journalists’ work can impact their mental health. Research suggests that between 80 to 100% of journalists have been exposed to a traumatic event on the job, according to the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma. Last year, the results of a survey of more than 1,200 Canadian journalists confirmed that they face an “alarming amount of stress,” and many suffer harm as a result of repeatedly covering traumatic stories, yet, “those harms are often not met with appropriate support.” There are practical steps that newsrooms can take to protect their journalists’ mental health. In this session, four experts drew from their personal and professional experiences to share advice on how newsrooms can make mental well-being a part of their culture. Experts included public media station WITF Director of Journalism Scott Blanchard, Texas Tribune Editor-In-Chief Sewell Chan, Research Director at Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma and McFarlin Professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa Elana Newman, and Dave Seglins, an investigative journalist and well-being champion at CBC News. The webinar was moderated by Naseem Miller, senior health editor at The Journalist’s Resource. In this one-hour webinar you’ll learn: – How to create trauma-aware newsrooms. – How different types of newsrooms can create a culture of well-being. – How to care for reporters and editors before, during and after difficult stories. – How Canadian journalists are leading the way to bring mental health into newsrooms. Moderator: Naseem Miller joined The Journalist’s Resource in 2021 after working as a health reporter in local newspapers and national medical trade publications for nearly two decades. Speakers: Scott Blanchard is the director of journalism at public media station WITF in Harrisburg, Pa. Sewell Chan joined The Texas Tribune as editor in chief in October 2021. Previously he was a deputy managing editor and then the editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, where he oversaw coverage that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2021. Elana Newman, Ph.D., is McFarlin Professor of Psychology at The University of Tulsa, Research Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, and Co-Director of The University of Tulsa Institute of Trauma, Adversity, and Injustice. Dave Seglins is an investigative journalist and “Well-being Champion” with CBC News based in Toronto.