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Engaged Journalism and Professional Happiness
In: Happiness in Journalism
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, Claudia Mellado (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 175-184
"This chapter identifies what motivates and professionally satisfies an engaged journalist. Instead of happiness, it suggests the notion of contentment." (Abstract)
Self-Employment in the News Industry
In: Happiness in Journalism
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, Claudia Mellado (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 157-165
"This chapter highlights the position of freelance or self-employed journalists in the news sector from the pessimistic observation that news organizations tend to push journalists into a freelance status to cope with decreasing revenues and are inspired by neoliberal thoughts." (Abstract)
Media Capture and Journalism as Emotional Labor: How Do Media Professionals Manage Bureaucratic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?
Journalism Studies, volume 24, issue 7 (2023), pp. 876-895
"This paper focuses on the (in)direct tools of governmental bureaucracy used to control journalistic work in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). It calls for understanding media capture not only through structural-level consequences, but also through the methods used to create an environment of inst
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“I Definitely Would Appreciate a Little More Validation”: Toward an Ethics of Care in College Newsrooms and Journalism Education
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, volume 78, issue 2 (2023), pp. 142–164
"Drawing on interviews with 10 U.S. student journalists, we introduce an ethics-of-care approach for trauma-informed journalism pedagogy. We express grave concern for mental health in journalism programs, offering an empirical snapshot of students’ traumas and coping strategies. We confirm that st
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Safer Vox Pops and Door Knocking
In: Happiness in Journalism
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, Claudia Mellado (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 138-146
"This chapter overviews the harmful nature of these reporting practices and provides alternative reporting strategies and solutions that can improve reporters’ safety and increase their happiness in the profession." (Abstract)
Has Journalism Forgotten the Journalists?
In: Happiness in Journalism
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, Claudia Mellado (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 187-189
"This essay argues that more qualitative research is needed to assess why journalists are reporting burnout, taking time off work, and in some cases leaving the profession." (Abstract)
Cognitive Dissonance in Journalistic Trauma
In: Happiness in Journalism
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, Claudia Mellado (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 127-137
"The chapter proposes solutions for unhealthy coping techniques, such as ignoring, only positive focus, and diminishing negatives, and modifying only the dissonance-inducing behavior are not long-term solutions for most individuals." (Abstract)
“Living a lie at the workplace”: Ghanaian Media Practitioners’ understanding of emotional labour and response patterns
IFE PsychologIA, volume 31, issue 1 (2023), ?? pp.
"The authors saw the need to explore the emotional labour experiences of media practitioners owing to the sparse literature on the phenomenon from an African perspective. The study explored how media practitioners explain emotional labour, the factors that predispose them to emotional labour experie
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How online harassment affects Korean journalists? The effects of online harassment on the journalists’ psychological problems and their intention to leave the profession
Journalism, volume 25, issue 4 (2023), pp. 900-920
"This study examined the effects of online harassment on journalists’ psychological trauma and their intention to leave work. It also investigated whether journalists’ psychological trauma mediates the effects of online harassment on their intention to leave the profession and whether gender mak
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Trauma-Informed Journalism
In: Trauma in Adult and Higher Education: Conversations and Critical Reflections
Laura Douglass, Aubry Threlkeld, Lisa R. Merriweather (eds.)
Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing (2022), pp. 205-220
"Covering stories of tragedy and trauma is commonplace for journalists. To date, no organized or consistent approaches for teaching journalists about the impacts of trauma on their own lives, and the lives of those that are impacted by tragedy, have been developed. Journalists are left on their own
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Associations among traumatic experiences, threat exposure, and mental health in Pakistani journalists
Journal of Traumatic Stress, volume 35, issue 2 (2022), pp. 581-592
"Pakistan is considered to be relatively unsafe for journalists; however, little is known about how working in situations that involve a high risk of trauma exposure and personal threat impacts journalists' mental health. The present study aimed to examine the associations among reporting on topics
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Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among regional journalists in Pakistan
Journalism, volume 23, issue 2 (2022), pp. 391-408
"This study sought to examine work-related exposure to trauma and predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms among regional journalists in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, a conflict-ridden area in northwest Pakistan. We recruited 216 KP journalists. Analysis of the surveys re
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Economic crisis and trauma journalism: Assessing the emotional toll of reporting in crisis-ridden countries
Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, volume 47, issue 3 (2022), pp. 350-374
"This article discusses the relationship between the post-2008 global economic crisis and trauma journalism through a quantitative study of reporters covering austerity’s everyday manifestations and examines the effects on the media professionals involved. The findings indicate that journalists wh
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Journalism and Mental Health: Ugandan Journalists’ Perspectives
In: COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa: Media Viability, Framing and Health Communication
Carol Azungi Dralega, Angella Napakol (eds.)
Leeds: Emerald Publishing (2022), pp. 147-162
"In the midst of a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists play an important role of sharing information of consequence with the public. As first responders to precarious events, they work in close proximity to the threat they are reporting on yet at the same time struggle with
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Contextualizing Psychological Outcomes for TV News Journalists: Role Differences in Industry Culture, Organizational Hierarchy and Trauma Exposure
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, volume 35, issue 1 (2022), pp. 255-279
"Research indicates that TV news journalists’ ongoing exposure to trauma can result in psychopathology. However, we currently know little about potential differences in trauma exposure between individuals in varying journalistic roles. The aim of this study is to contextualize the existing knowled
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The emotional well-being of journalists exposed to traumatic events: A mapping review
Media, War & Conflict, volume 14, issue 4 (2021), pp. 476–502
"This article presents a mapping review of the available literature on the emotional well-being of journalists exposed to traumatic events. The review consists of three parts: (a) a summary of the results of trauma-related literature; (b) identification of the limitations of studies to date; and (c)
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Live from my Living Room: Perceived Organizational Support Among TV News Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Electronic News, volume 15, issue 3–4 (2021), pp. 75–94
"As members of the media, TV news workers were considered essential employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many employees went into the field to cover stories related to the pandemic, which included anti-mask and lock-down protests. This mixed-methods study explored the extent to which TV news work
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An investigation into Risks to Mental Health of Bangladeshi Journalists
In: Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Sadia Jamil, Baris Çoban, Bora Ataman, Gifty Appiah-Adjei (eds.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2021), pp. 167-193
"Mental health in workplaces is a global concern today, and Bangladesh is not an exception to that. It is a big concern in journalism as good journalism depends on healthy journalists and news organizations. Most of the scholarships on the topic have been done from the perspective of western and dev
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Ecuadorian Journalists Mental Health Influence on Changing Job Desire: A Cross Sectional Study
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 18, issue 10139 (2021), 13 pp.
"Journalist's mental health could predict their job change. This study aims at determining the prevalence of mental health issues and their association with perception of aptitude for covering emergencies and difficulty in seeing a corpse, and also to determine the mental health factors associated w
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PTSD in the Newsroom: A Grounded Theory View of Organizational Leaders and Trauma
International Journal on Media Management, volume 23, issue 3-4 (2021), pp. 238-263
"A number of studies have demonstrated that journalists will experience traumatic events during the course of their careers. Yet a gap in the research exists regarding newsroom organizational leaders and the impact of trauma on their work and emotional health. This study used a grounded theory appro
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