What I learned from writing a book about mental health for journalists It publishes at a time when the levels of stress and pressure faced by many of our colleagues need to be taken far more seriously than they have been May 24, 2024 Hannah Storm
Opinion | What happens when an industry is saddled with existential dread? Many news workers wonder if they’ll wake up tomorrow with a job. That uncertainty can cause hyperactivity — or outright nihilism. March 1, 2024 Ren LaForme
Journalists, nonstop coverage of war and violence affects your mental health Recognize that even thousands of miles away from the bullets and rockets, images of death and misery can deeply affect you. October 14, 2023 Al Tompkins
Opinion | Covering the COVID-19 pandemic, I burnt out. Recovery brings me back. For a year, I covered two breaking news beats: K-12 education and state virus data. People were dying in both. April 26, 2023 CD Davidson-Hiers
Hearst learned its journalists were struggling. It enlisted a therapist to help. Stressed, burnt out and sick of therapists who didn't understand them, San Francisco Chronicle journalists asked for help — and got it. February 16, 2023 Angela Fu
Essential self-care for journalists covering the death of Tyre Nichols We conducted more than 30 workshops last year about managing journalism stress and trauma. Here is some advice for what is ahead. January 27, 2023 Al Tompkins
Opinion | The news industry has made progress in prioritizing mental health. It’s not enough. This World Mental Health Day, and beyond, we need to make health and well-being for all in journalism an industry priority. October 10, 2022 Hannah Storm
Strategies for helping your burned-out, stressed and traumatized students An interview with The Michigan Daily EIC who walked away for a week — what she learned and her advice to newsrooms everywhere October 10, 2021 Barbara Allen
For local journalists, there’s nowhere to hide from trauma In community journalism, trauma comes with the territory but mental health resources often do not September 13, 2021 Dawn Megli
Why a small group of clinical psychologists is helping journalists with trauma ‘It’s really a tough culture and there can be messaging around almost glorifying that from the top down in ways that aren’t really helpful.’ August 19, 2021 Amaris Castillo
