Covid-19: Why as journalists we need to watch both our physical and mental health
(World News Austria)

It`s easy for journalists to overlook their own mental and psychological well-being in covering this unprecedented story. To help, IPI Executive Board member Martha Steffens of the University of Missouri School of Journalism organized a webinar on April 7 with Dr. Anthony Feinstein of the University of Toronto and Scott McKiernan, the founder of independent photo agency ZUMA Press, to give advice on how to deal with the pressures created by this crisis. Dr. Feinstein is an acknowledged expert on the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on journalists who cover war and conflict zones. His book Dangerous Livesexamines the psychological...