Traumatic Stress

  • Fact Sheet

    Jan 1 2009

    Covering Trauma: Impact on Journalists

    By River Smith and Elana Newman

    An overview of current research on the occupational hazards for journalists covering traumatic events, the risk factors that aggravate those effects and some suggestions for mitigating those factors.

  • Event

    May 9 2009

    Panel Discussion: Victims in the Public Eye

    At the 11th annual conference of DeGPT in Bielefeld, Germany, Dart Centre Europe presents a panel discussion on the respective responsibilites of journalists and therapists.

  • Online Learning

    Self-Study Unit 1: Journalism & Trauma

    The skills needed to interact with people under such stressful and unpredictable conditions do not usually come naturally. The goal of this module is to explain what traumatic stress is and why it is useful for journalists to know about its effects.

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