Thread by @risj_oxford

1. Today at 14:00 UK time we are hosting a new #RISJSeminar on the business and practice of journalism.

It will be a conversation between @MeeraSelva1 and Anthony Feinstein, Prof. of Psychiatry at @UofT.

📌Sign up here
zoom.us/meeting/regist…
🧶More on the topic in this thread

2. The seminar will deal with the emotional toll of covering crises like this pandemic

Journalists have been among the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Never has their role been more important. But reporting on #COVID19 hasn't been an easy task
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/journ…

3. Anthony Feinstein reflected on these challenges in this piece for @globeandmail

"We must not lose sight of the cost that the profession pays in keeping civil society informed," he writes.
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

4. "Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many journalists were burned out or on the brink. As the crisis intensifies pressure on newsrooms, the risks to their mental health are mounting," @HANNAHSTORM6 writes in this important piece
project-syndicate.org/commentary/cov…

5. @HANNAHSTORM6 and Anthony Feinstein are the authors of this report we published in 2017. It looks into how journalists were affected by covering the European refugee crisis that reached its peak in 2015
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/e…

6. Anthony Feinstein discussed the main findings of that report in this interview with @newsdeeply

"Journalists need to have a very clear understanding of what their role is when they go and cover a story" newsdeeply.com/refugees/commu…

7. In 2006 Professor Feinstein published a book that explores the hazards of covering war and conflict and the effects of the 9/11 attacks on the journalists who covered them. You can find the book in this link
amazon.com/dp/B001R23RZK/…

8. In 2018 Anthony Feinstein published 'Shooting War', a series of 18 essays on 18 preeminent conflict photographers.
amazon.com/Shooting-War-A…

Here's a good review of the book, published by @finbarroreilly at @nytimes nytimes.com/2018/12/18/len…

9. Today at 14:00 our own @MeeraSelva1 will talk with Professor Feinstein about the emotional toll of covering #COVID19 and many other crises.

📌Sign up for the event in this link
zoom.us/meeting/regist…