Trauma troubles: We need to talk more about journalists with trauma
This article is originally published on IMS My interest in mental health really started when I began working in post-genocide Rwanda. I saw all these young kids and teens who were very clearly traumatized. At the time, I did a radio story on mental health in that country. Fast forward a number of years and …
Media must return to its public service mission
As shock waves continue to reverberate across the planet in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S., it has also become ever more apparent that journalism everywhere is in a sorry state of affairs. It seems that the public service aspect of journalism has vanished and the news media’s role as watchdog and …