Trauma Workshop: Best Practices for Coverage and Peer Support

Distinguished experts discuss what trauma does to people, and how to go beyond the superficial and tell a survivor’s true story in a way that can help them reconnect with their community; how covering trauma can affect journalists and how peer support can help; and ways to strengthen your newsroom’s trauma reporting while producing accurate and vital information beginning on the first day and as the story evolves. Who should attend: Reporters, photographers, editors, online news producers and other journalists whose jobs have them working with stories of trauma and conflict.

Tentative Agenda:

10:00 - 10:15 am Welcome and Introductions
10:15 - 11:30 .m Trauma Coverage: Author Dave Cullen on lessons learned from Columbine and other tragedies
11:45 am -12:30 pm The Psychiatrist and the Journalist: Dr. Frank Ochberg and author Dave Cullen on building a mutually beneficial relationship
12:30 - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 pm Beyond the First-Day Story: “Three Acts of Trauma News,” with Dr. Frank Ochberg
2:30 - 3:30 pm Peer Support in the Newsroom: What it is and how it works
3:30 - 4:00 pm Taking It Home: Best practices for your newsroom

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