On a side note, one study found that 20% of local reporters who covered Hurricane Harvey had storm-related PTSD and 40% had depression. A lesson for newsroom leadership about offering support and resources during natural disasters. https://t.co/SpLpuuFyTF
Participants completed screening questionnaires that measured for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder #PTSD and #depression https://t.co/HNBdKW9GiS @KentState @MindsKent @ksunews @KentCPH @KentStateUPress https://t.co/SvEu2IVJ4E @tandfonline
Focusing on journalists who covered Hurricane Harvey @gdworznik2 identified several organizational stressors, task-related stress such as interacting with victims, and focus on the importance of work as leading to #ptsd and depression https://t.co/sSq3uZ9e
This is an interesting study. I'll always remember going to Port Arthur and working with Boone Newspapers journalists, who were working and trying to deal with their own flooded homes, apartments. #journalism https://t.co/wRguftpMHb