Climate Journalism & Trauma

Journalists & Climate Anxiety

Psychiatrist Dr. Anthony Feinstein examines the unique stressors climate journalists face and offers advice to protect their mental health.

Tips for Staying Healthy

Veteran climate journalists share advice on how to stay mentally healthy in the face of a planetary crisis.

Climate Case Study: Covering the Amazon

Journalist Karla Mendes reflects on the mental and physical risks of reporting on environmental crimes in the Amazon.

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Climate Case Study: ‘The Green Pill’

Climate journalist Matthew Green reveals his own moral and emotional struggles and offers advice for news professionals covering the existential crisis facing our planet.

Resources

  • The 89 Percent Project: Journalist Resources

    Covering Climate Now

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  • The World Is Burning. How Can Climate Journalists Cope?

    Britt Wray and Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma

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  • Oxford Climate Journalism Network

    Reuters Institute and University of Oxford

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  • Press and planet in danger: safety of environmental journalists; trends, challenges and recommendations

    Report by UNESCO

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  • Resilience for Climate Journalists

    A resource from Dart Center, CBC, Canadian Journalism Forum

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  • The Indigenous Guardians of the Amazon Rainforest

    Documentary by Karla Mendes and Max Baring

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