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Online toolkit will aid newsrooms, j-schools navigate trauma

Modules include interviewing children, covering vulnerable communities and how to protect workers’ mental health Continue Reading Online toolkit will aid newsrooms, j-schools navigate trauma
Research team launches landmark survey of mental health and well-being in Canada’s journalism industry

Carleton journalism professor Matthew Pearson and veteran CBC broadcaster and trainer Dave Seglins are leading research into the mental health and well-being of Canadian media workers Continue Reading Research team launches landmark survey of mental health and well-being in Canada’s journalism industry
Applications for 2020 Mindset Award for Workplace Mental Health Reporting now open

Award organizers anticipate a ‘flood of applications’ due to widespread effects of COVID-19 on mental health Continue Reading Applications for 2020 Mindset Award for Workplace Mental Health Reporting now open
Apply for the 2020 Forum Freelance Fund bursaries

The annual bursary competition, presented by the Canadian Journalism Forum for Violence and Trauma, is open until April 10 Continue Reading Apply for the 2020 Forum Freelance Fund bursaries
Apply for the 2019 Mindset Award for Workplace Mental Health Reporting

Award submissions open to media organizations and individual journalists for work first published in 2019 Continue Reading Apply for the 2019 Mindset Award for Workplace Mental Health Reporting
Call for 2019 Portenier bursary applications

Applications for the 2019 Portenier Human Rights Bursary, which funds hostile-environment training for freelance journalists and documentarians, are now open. The $3,000 bursary has been offered by the Canadian Journalism Forum for…
Here are the winners of the 2018 CAJ awards

The top prize for online media went to Jon Milton, Erin Seatter and Ethan Cox for the Ricochet investigation Meet the Canadian soldiers behind a white supremacist military surplus store at the…
Applications now open for the Forum Freelance Fund bursary

The competition aims to help freelance journalists go through hostile work environment training Continue Reading Applications now open for the Forum Freelance Fund bursary
Court reporters grapple with meeting the plea for trauma informed reporting

Reporters are trying to balance the cultural shift that challenges traditional justice system narratives against rules of procedure around court cases. Continue Reading Court reporters grapple with meeting the plea for trauma informed reporting

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