Mark Willacy, a foreign correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, reports on funerals in the Gaza strip. Willacy speaks about the stress and anxiety he incurred after several years of reporting on conflict in the Middle East in the video "Trauma Awareness: Peer Support."
Journalists and production staff work in a demanding environment of deadline pressures, fast-paced events, confrontation and conflict. To help foster a supportive and productive workplace, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with Dart Centre Australasia produced "Trauma Awareness: Peer Support," a video that highlights the value of awareness training and peer support in the workplace for journalists covering traumatic events.
The ABC's three-tier approach to trauma and stress management is designed to deal with the emotional stress of working in a realm of violence and death and includes training of journalist peer supporters as well as regular phone call check-ins.
The video features Lisa Maksimovic, an ABC reporter who covered the 2009 bushfires, Cait McMahon, managing director of Dart Centre Australasia and others talking about the importance of peer support.
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