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Establishing Individual, Organizational and Collective Practices for Journalists' Well-Being through Disconnection
"This chapter explores broader use and negotiation of online connection and disconnection within news organizations and professional bodies. It argues that improving the happiness of journalists means centering methods of care in the profession, within individual practice and organizational editoria
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What Psychology Can Offer in Understanding Journalists' Well-Being
"This chapter introduces the psychological science of well-being as applied to the work of journalists. This review links the general psychological literature on health and well-being with the emerging literature about journalists’ well-being to enhance our understanding of journalists’ experien
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Workplace Happiness, Journalism and COVID-19 in South Asia
"This chapter explores some of the positive strategies employed by South Asian media institutions to enhance workplace happiness and help journalists to cope with stress and traumatic experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Happiness is crucial for media institutions because journalism is one of t
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Exploring Trauma Literacy Quotient Among Indian Journalists and a Way Forward in Post-Pandemic Era: A Case Study of India
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, volume 78, issue 2 (2023), pp. 267–288
"The American Psychological Association defines trauma as “an emotional response to a terrible event. . . .” Trauma can be experienced as a response to either physical or emotionally disturbing circumstances. The Journalism and the Pandemic Project from the International Center for Journalists (
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Happiness in Journalism as a Public Good
"This chapter argues that research and teaching on happiness in journalism should be considered important areas to focus on to improve journalism as a public good." (Abstract)
Cognitive Dissonance in Journalistic Trauma
"The chapter proposes solutions for unhealthy coping techniques, such as ignoring, only positive focus, and diminishing negatives, and modifying only the dissonance-inducing behavior are not long-term solutions for most individuals." (Abstract)
Developing Psychological Capital to Support Journalists' Well-Being
"This chapter seeks to enhance journalists’ psychological capital with targeted interventions." (Abstract)
The Joy in Journalism
"This chapter argues that we should take seriously the possibility that particularly morally entangled forms of journalism, such as conflict and investigative reporting, might be deeply emotionally fulfilling." (Abstract)
“Living a lie at the workplace”: Ghanaian Media Practitioners’ understanding of emotional labour and response patterns
IFE PsychologIA, volume 31, issue 1 (2023), ?? pp.
"The authors saw the need to explore the emotional labour experiences of media practitioners owing to the sparse literature on the phenomenon from an African perspective. The study explored how media practitioners explain emotional labour, the factors that predispose them to emotional labour experie
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Teaching Student Journalists to Refill their Happiness Tanks
"This chapter suggests methods for encouraging well-being among journalism students and refers to ground-breaking court cases that have put media organisations on notice, requiring them to provide psychologically safe workplaces for journalists." (Abstract)
Happiness in Journalism
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xi, 204 pp.
"This book examines how journalism can overcome harmful institutional issues such as work-related trauma and precarity, focusing specifically on questions of what happiness in journalism means, and how one can be successful and happy on the job. Acknowledging profound variations across people, genre
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Has Journalism Forgotten the Journalists?
"This essay argues that more qualitative research is needed to assess why journalists are reporting burnout, taking time off work, and in some cases leaving the profession." (Abstract)
News, Negativity, and the Audience's Role in Finding Happiness in Journalism
"This commentary argues that caring about mental health and well-being in journalism begins with journalists, but it also should include corresponding care for news audiences." (Abstract)
Safety of Journalists Covering Trauma and Distress: ‘Do no Harm’
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 16 pp.
"• Pressure has intensified on journalists to cover people’s trauma and distress and deliver emotionally-driven content to multiple platforms.
• Impact on survivors: An ongoing lack of trauma-aware training for journalists can lead to inept or ill-informed handling of survivors, some say this
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Associations among traumatic experiences, threat exposure, and mental health in Pakistani journalists
Journal of Traumatic Stress, volume 35, issue 2 (2022), pp. 581-592
"Pakistan is considered to be relatively unsafe for journalists; however, little is known about how working in situations that involve a high risk of trauma exposure and personal threat impacts journalists' mental health. The present study aimed to examine the associations among reporting on topics
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Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among regional journalists in Pakistan
Journalism, volume 23, issue 2 (2022), pp. 391-408
"This study sought to examine work-related exposure to trauma and predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms among regional journalists in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, a conflict-ridden area in northwest Pakistan. We recruited 216 KP journalists. Analysis of the surveys re
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Trauma-Informed Journalism
In: Trauma in Adult and Higher Education: Conversations and Critical Reflections
Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing (2022), pp. 205-220
"Covering stories of tragedy and trauma is commonplace for journalists. To date, no organized or consistent approaches for teaching journalists about the impacts of trauma on their own lives, and the lives of those that are impacted by tragedy, have been developed. Journalists are left on their own
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Economic crisis and trauma journalism: Assessing the emotional toll of reporting in crisis-ridden countries
Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, volume 47, issue 3 (2022), pp. 350-374
"This article discusses the relationship between the post-2008 global economic crisis and trauma journalism through a quantitative study of reporters covering austerity’s everyday manifestations and examines the effects on the media professionals involved. The findings indicate that journalists wh
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Contextualizing Psychological Outcomes for TV News Journalists: Role Differences in Industry Culture, Organizational Hierarchy and Trauma Exposure
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, volume 35, issue 1 (2022), pp. 255-279
"Research indicates that TV news journalists’ ongoing exposure to trauma can result in psychopathology. However, we currently know little about potential differences in trauma exposure between individuals in varying journalistic roles. The aim of this study is to contextualize the existing knowled
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