Join Reporters Without Borders USA and the American Psychological Association (APA) for a webinar on stress and anxiety management strategies for reporters covering COVID-19. Reporters Willian Wan of the Washington Post and Naseem Miller of the Orlando Sentinel will share their experiences covering the pandemic, as well as other traumatic events. Drs. Lynn Bufka and Vaile Wright, two mental health experts from the American Psychological Association, will discuss strategies reporters can use to deal with the anxiety and traumatic stress from covering a crisis like COVID-19.
The panelists will take your questions before and during the event. Please email questions in advance of the webinar to cboylin@rsf.org.
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William Wan is The Washington Post’s health & science correspondent. During the past decade at The Post, he has reported from more than 20 countries and covered mass shootings and disasters, national security, the Obama presidency, foreign policy and religion. For three years, he was The Post’s China correspondent in Beijing. He was part of the 2010 Pulitzer finalist team that covered the Fort Hood shooting.
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Naseem Miller is a reporter at the Orlando Sentinel, covering health care, medicine and science on multiple platforms, but she remains partial to the written word. She has a bachelor’s degree in molecular & microbiology. Her master’s degree is in multimedia journalism.
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Lynn Bufka, PhD, is senior director, practice research and policy, at the American Psychological Association. The Practice Research and Policy Department focuses on the development and implementation of programs and policies related to expanding opportunities for professional psychology. Bufka frequently serves as a media spokesperson for APA on these topics as well as stress, coping, telepsychology and other matters relevant to professional practice. She holds a PhD in psychology from Boston University.
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Vaile Wright, PhD, is APA’s director of clinical research and quality. Wright has maintained an active line of research with peer-reviewed articles in multiple journals including Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Law and Human Behavior and the Journal of Traumatic Stress. She has been interviewed by television, radio, print and online media, including NBC News, the “Today Show,” C-SPAN, The Washington Post and NPR on a range of topics, including stress, politics, discrimination and harassment, serious mental illness, telehealth and technology, and access to mental health care.