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✦ If distress continues past three to four weeks seek professional help from a mental health care practitioner trained in trauma. Among things not to do ✦ Isolate yourself ✦ Bottle up your emotions ✦ Drink alcohol or caffeine in excess ✦ Go without sleep or eating for long periods of time How colleagues can help each other ✦ Take time to let someone who’s been through a bad time tell their story ✦ Ask them open questions. Don’t interrupt or come back with your own experiences. ✦ Don’t tell them you know how they feel. You can’t. ✦ Don’t put down their experience and imply that they need to pull themselves together. International Center for Journalists 56
Disaster and Crisis Coverage Final thoughts Journalists have the reputation of being amazingly resilient and dedicated to their work. They also can be stubborn and avoid dealing with their emotions, especially if they think it will make them look weak in the eyes of their bosses or coworkers. Over the past 10 years, that macho newsroom culture slowly has been changing toward a more benevolent model where reporters and photographers who cover crisis are handled with respect and care. This manual provides a starting point for news organizations seeking to deal more efficiently with journalism and traumatic stress. Here is the link to the Spanish-language version of the Dart Center’s guide to help journalists report on violence while protecting both the victims and themselves: http://dartcenter.org/ content/tragedias-periodistas-5. Other resources that can help International Center for Journalists: http://www.icfj.org Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma: http://www.dartcenter.org Poynter Institute for Media Studies: http://www.poynter.org Committee to Protect Journalists: http://www.cpj.org International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: http://www.istss.org International News Safety Institute: http://www.newssafety.com National Press Photographers Association: http://www.nppa.org International Crisis Group: http://www.crisisweb.org Institute for War and Peace Reporting: http://www.iwpr.net 57
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