Gavin Rees, director of Dart Centre Europe, the research centre that helps journalists and media workers who cover traumatic events, talks to the ECPMF about the effects reporting on tragedies might have on journalists, ethical conflicts and the importance of tragedy reporting.
Gavin Rees in April 2015 (Picture by the Dart Centre for Journalism & Trauma)
Interview by Michelle Trimborn
ECPMF: What consequence might the dilemma between a human tragedy and reporting on the big story have for journalists? Can the pressure to report and do a job or function in such situations even cause a trauma?
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