This will be the official launch of Eyewitness Media Hub‘s research into the effects of Vicarious Trauma. The research looks at the impact of vicarious trauma on journalists, human rights investigators and humanitarian aid workers who frequently search for eyewitness media in their work.
Are managers doing enough to protect their staff, are journalists and human rights workers allowed to speak up when they’ve spent the day looking at horrors on their computer screen?
The panel will be moderated by Dr Claire Wardle, Research Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism
The event’s panelists include:
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Sam Dubberley, co-founder Eyewitness Media Hub
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Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
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Mandy Jenkins, News Director, Storyful
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Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, Executive Director, Witness
This research was carried out by Eyewitness Media Hub ”Šin partnership with Open Society Foundations.
The event is sponsored by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
Where
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Columbia Journalism School
2950 Broadway
New York, N.Y, 10027
When
Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m.