1st Edition
Mental Health and Wellbeing for Journalists A Practical Guide
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The evolution of mental health conversations in journalism
Chapter 3: Averting a mental health crisis: a clarion call for change
Chapter 4: Culture, coping and conditioning
Chapter 5: The journalist’s brain
Chapter 6: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Chapter 7: Vicarious trauma
Chapter 8: Moral injury
Chapter 9: The mental health impact of online harm
Chapter 10: Journalists and burnout
Chapter 11: The pandemic and a perfect storm of pressures
Chapter 12: Self-care and supporting others
Chapter 13: Managing with empathy, and effective leadership
Chapter 14: Conclusion: When journalists thrive, so does journalism
Index
Biography
Hannah Storm is a media consultant specialising in journalism safety, mental health and leadership. She is the founder and co-director of Headlines Network, a community to improve mental health conversations in the news media. She is the former CEO and director of the Ethical Journalism Network and served as director of the International News Safety Institute. She began her career at Reuters, and has spent more than two decades working internationally across diverse forms of media, including broadcast, print and digital.
