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Sep 21, 2020, 6 tweets

Our handbook from 2017, written by @samdubberley and Michele Grant, deals with the challenges posed by vicarious trauma and offers practical tips for journalists, newsrooms managers and universities. Find it here:
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The recent pandemic prompted First Draft's @lydmorrish to offer some tips for journalists on how to take care of themselves, as the demand for coverage continues.
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Vicarious trauma is an issue that must be taken seriously and has to be tackled by newsrooms and management. @lydmorrish shares her advice: firstdraftnews.org/latest/editors…

For those with pre-existing mental health conditions like health anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder, the impact of the outbreak, and the ‘infodemic’ that has accompanied it, has been especially strong. Read more from @cleaskopeliti firstdraftnews.org/latest/how-men…

Here are some conversations on mental wellness and vicarious trauma, featuring @victoriakwan_ @samdubberley and @lydmorrish as well as @amnesty

Join us for a conversation hosted by @MarieBohner and @samdubberley on September 24 at 18:00 BST/13:00 EST, on how to help journalists, researchers and fact checkers build resilience while covering information disorder with @wayzigway and @gulincav us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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