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CPJ Journalist Security Blog | USA

Stressed out: How should newsrooms handle trauma?

By Frank Smyth/CPJ Senior Adviser for Journalist Security
A TV crew reports on the shooting in Colorado from a parking lot across the street. (AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

The rampage inside a Colorado movie theater that killed 12 people and injured dozens more is the most recent reminder that a journalist anywhere can face sudden, great emotional stress. Any story involving tragedy--from domestic violence to natural disasters--can inflict an emotional toll on field journalists. The very empathy that makes a journalist a good storyteller puts him or her at risk.

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July 27, 2012 1:49 PM ET |
Tags: Colorado Massacre, Freelancer, PTSD, Stress, Trauma

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