As the first wave of exhausted news teams rotates out, the story enters a new phase — and news managers need to be prepared to provide informed support.
Along the Line of Control that marks the border between India and Pakistan, a senior journalist's life is one nightmare after another.
Emma-Jane Kirby talks about how reporting on the two earthquakes that hit the small Italian village of San Giuliano di Puglia in 2002 made her question her faith.
A year after the Sichuan earthquake, Chinese journalists are still burying their pain.
In the first scene of John Patrick Shanley's remarkable play "Doubt," a priest delivering a sermon has this to say about the aftermath of a traumatic event: "Imagine the isolation."
The word "indescribable" is one of those clichés often used by people too lazy to really describe what they're seeing. But for the first time in my professional career, I found a place where indescribable was actually the most accurate description.
Assembled resourced for journalists covering the worst fires in Australia's history.
The first 24 hours after a traumatic news event may present a journalist with considerable challenges and opportunities, both professionally and personally. The usual physical and psychological demands of trying to gather facts and write a story under deadline are greatly magnified when trauma is involved, especially when a large number of victims are dead or seriously injured (although even a single victim can be difficult to cover).
An unprecedented spike in violence is testing the skills and freedoms of the press in North America's youngest democracy.
A reporter from The Times-Picayune in New Orleans reflects on the arrival of Hurricane Gustav almost exactly three years after the descent of the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina.