Carter Center mental health journalism fellows have been reporting on the mental health impact of COVID-19. You’ll find here their reporting, mental health resources for journalists covering the pandemic and for the general public impacted by the virus. It includes a number of mental health resources for journalists who are covering COVID-19 and may be affected emotionally. It also includes reporting on the trauma of COVID-19, the effects of isolation, anxiety and more.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is launching Reporting and Covid-19: Conversations for Journalists, a Zoom-based webinar / discussion series about the challenges of reporting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Topics include:
- Information Security and Covid-19
- Covering Covid-19 on a State and Local Level
- The Day the Pandemic Arrived: Reporting Lessons from America’s first hotspot
- Learning from Past Pandemics: Bridging the Science Gap
- Learning from Past Pandemics: Covering Ebola
- Watchdog Reporting on the Pandemic
- Documenting Death: Obituaries in the time of Coronavirus
- Self-Care and Peer Support
- Photojournalism and Covid-19: Ethics, Craft and Safety
- Filmmaking and Covid-19: Ethics, Craft and Safety
- William Wan, a national health reporter at The Washington Post, compiled tips from fellow journalists about coping with stress and anxiety while covering this pandemic.
RTDNA newsroom guidance to keep journalists safe
The Working Mind: A training course to help leaders identify people struggling with mental health issues at work.
Working from Hamra: A journalist shares how working from a war zone prepared him to cover the pandemic.
Mental health tips and resources for journalists: The International Journalists’ Network offers tips for reporters and for newsroom leaders.
How journalists can fight stress from covering COVID-19: Al Tompkins of Poynter and Sidney Tompkins, a licensed psychotherapist, have been working with newsrooms to help journalists manage traumatic stress. Now, with nonstop coverage of the coronavirus spread, self-quarantines and economic fallout, journalists are facing an unprecedented amount of stress. Hosted by IRE Executive Director Doug Haddix.
How Journalists Can Deal With Trauma While Reporting on COVID-19: The Global Investigative Journalism Network shares tips from the Dart Center.
Confronting the emotional toll of covering COVID-19: The GroundTruth Project offers specific things we can do to ground ourselves and manage pandemic anxiety.