Tag / mental health
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Why did newsrooms contravene guidelines about suicide coverage in reporting on the death of a former principal?
Editorial decisions have cascading impacts in politically charged discussions about anti-racism in education and at work, raising questions about how to find the line between newsworthiness and best practices -
Staying Alive: Trauma-Informed Broadcasting and Mental Well-being with Tamara Cherry and Mark Henick
With heightened awareness of the realities of difficult storytelling and the demands of work, journalistic practice has been pushed to evolve. Journalist Tamara Cherry and author and advocate Mark Henick discuss newsrooms’ responsibility to workers and sources. -
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 -
The evolution of mental health reporting standards
Across industry organizations, newsrooms and campus media, journalists are re-examining best practices on reporting on mental health and suicide -
Field notes from the university mental health crisis
At two Ontario campus newspapers, identifying the gaps in mental-health support comes with a toll on the reporters themselves -
Reporting on Coronavirus: Mental Wellness and Vicarious Trauma
Join First Draft for a conversation on how newsrooms and other information providers can help staff stay mentally well and mitigate vicarious trauma from monitoring/reporting on coronavirus. We welcome all editors, reporters and other information providers to come talk through… -
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 -
Changing public perceptions of mental illness
Allison Garber was diagnosed in her early 20s, with obsessive-compulsive disorder and general anxiety disorder. Garber was a university-educated, middle-class woman working a prestigious internship in Toronto. On the inside, though, she felt broken and lost. “I was terrified, I… -
Treat stories about suicide with dignity and compassion
Responsible reporting about suicide can bring increase awareness and save lives, according to experts. -
How Canadian journalists take care of themselves
We asked our readers for their best self-care tips.
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