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21. "Protecting Journalists" Broadcasting & Cable Vol. 63 2006 03 National Communication Association p. 77-77. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
22. "One Hundred Too Many" Broadcasting & Cable Vol. 60 2008 09 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. p. 273-291. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
23. Garrett, Laurie "The Dead" Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 23 2006 09 American Psychiatric Assn p. 1339-1341. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
24. Drummond, William J. "Equipping Journalists with Tools for Emotional Balance" This article provides a former reporter's personal account of using Eastern concepts to prepare future journalists to cope with the stresses of their jobs. I've seen my share of war zones and heard enough shots fired in anger to last a lifetime. Then, after 20 years of teaching journalism at the University of California, I came to realize that being a journalist can damage one's mental as well as physical health, even apart from the coverage of war. My wife developed breast cancer seven years ago. To help ease her discomfort from chemotherapy, I enrolled in a massage therapy course in July 2003. The 150-hour course was based on principles of Chinese Traditional Medicine (CMT). I earned a diploma as an acupressure massage practitioner and immediately enrolled in additional CMT training. I wondered whether the self-care strategies I learned as part of my CTM training might actually find a place in journalism education. The three-unit course for graduate students met for one hour three times a week, two meetings for lectures and a meeting for demonstrations in bodywork. Little by little I introduced concepts from CTM. As the course developed students were encouraged to share their experiences and reactions to what they were learning. The 13 students in the class began to take a longer, more philosophical view of the work ahead of them. They accepted the idea that journalism can be corrosive, unless one takes protective measures. As the semester drew to a close, I asked myself what had been learned. First, journalism education needs to make self-care a central part of its focus. Second, the industry itself needs to revise the prevailing suck it up approach. (Copyright of Communication and Mass Media Complete) Nieman Reports Vol. 66 1998 Fall1998 Western States Communication Association p. 459-473. Narrative Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
25. Dudley, Steven "Colombia The Deadly Middle" Focuses on news reporting of the civil war in Colombia. Dangers posed to journalists; Contacts of media among the guerrillas; Aim of the media watchdog group, Media for Peace. (Copyright of Communication and Mass Media Complete) Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 3 2008 07 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies p. 85-91. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
26. Eberhard, Wallace B. "War Correspondents" History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia 2001 10/22/ Reed Business Information p. 14. Other Other War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
27. Eggerton, John "Problem at Checkpoint 3" Broadcasting & Cable Vol. 54 2006 06 National Communication Association p. 170-170. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
28. Fattah, Hassan "Goodbye, Baghdad" Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 60 2004 Summer2004 Nieman Reports p. 75-76. Narrative Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
29. Feinstein, Anthony and Owen, John "War Photographers and Stress" Columbia Journalism Review 2006 Routledge p. 437-451. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) PTSD Photojournalism Add
30. Giles, Bob "Wartime and the Nieman Foundation" Nieman Reports 2000 p. 82-99. Narrative Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Print Add
31. Hassan, Adeel "To Die For" Explores the motivation of journalists in risking their lives to cover war stories. Experiences of war correspondents from previous wars; Coverage of the war in Iraq; Journalists who died while covering the 2003 war in Iraq. (Copyright of Communication and Mass Media Complete) Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 17 2003 University of Maryland p. 52. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
32. Heinzerling, Larry "Western Correspondents Display Cold War Courage" Nieman Reports 2008 03 p. 25-39. Narrative Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Print Add
33. Heyboer, Kelly and Rosen, Jill "Guns Under Fire" The article focuses on the controversy about whether war correspondents should carry weapons while on the job in Iraq. With the volatile situation in Iraq, the rules are blurring on when and how journalists should protect themselves. Though more than a dozen reporters died in Iraq in 2003, journalistic tradition says reporters should never carry guns, even in the most dangerous war zone. A journalist with a weapon could be mistaken for a soldier or a spy and muddy the understanding of reporters as neutral observers outside the fray. New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins helped fuel the debate in 2003 when the Wall Street Journal reported he had been carrying a gun while on assignment in Baghdad. A few weeks later, Times editors in New York released a policy banning its reporters, photographers and other editorial personnel from carrying firearms, no matter how dangerous their assignments are. The newspaper though is less strict on the increasingly common practice of hiring armed security guards to accompany reporters and photographers on assignments. The practice of hiring local armed escorts first became widespread in Somalia in the 1990s when television crews carrying expensive equipment were frequent robbery targets. (Copyright of Communication and Mass Media Complete) American Journalism Review Vol. 24 2007 Summer2007 Nieman Reports p. 87-88. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
34. Hickey, Neil "Bodyguards and the Press" The articles discusses whether journalists should be escorted by armed guards during their coverage of a war. It relates the story of Brent Sadler, a CNN correspondent, and his crew who experienced being fired and pursued by gunmen while inside their cars through the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit. It was fortunate though that one of the drivers was a hired rugged ex-soldier who had served in Great Britain's elite Special Air Service Regiment. The driver returned fire at the pursuing brigands, who fell to the rear and disappeared from the sight. In conflict of recent decades, some journalists, especially on the television side, have been accompanied by armed security guards authorized to return fire if attacked by an enemy. Those guards are employees of companies that offer the expertise of former commando-type soldiers to news organizations to protect their journalists in the field. One rationale for the hiring of armed guards is that of guerilla action draws no distinctions between military and non-military targets. Discussions on the pros and cons of hiring armed guards took place at a broadcast journalists' conference in Budapest, Hungary in November 2003. Representatives of some European news organizations argued that the presence of outside security people in battle zones endangers all journalists because it blurs the distinction between reporters and combatants. Proponents of hiring armed guards however, insist they understand the hazards and counterarguments. (Copyright of Communication and Mass Media Complete) Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 40 1987 04 p. 17-24. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
35. Hudson, Repps "Shooting Witnesses Can Suffer From PTSD" St. Louis Journalism Review Vol. 3 2003 p. 4. Other Journalism/Communication magazine Nonsexual crime NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) PTSD Add
36. Johnston, Cheryl "Casualties of War" Features several journalists who died during the war in Iraq between March 22 and April 2003. Causes of death; Terry Lloyd of Independent Television News; Gaby Rado, a correspondent for ITN. (Copyright of Communication and Mass Media Complete) American Journalism Review Vol. 51 2009 Spring2009 Nieman Reports p. 80-84. Other Journalism/Communication magazine Mass disaster NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
37. Kamber, Michael "Ways to Die in Iraq" Presents an article about the dangers posed by covering the Iraq war on reporters. There are countless ways for journalists in Iraq to die. By being rocketed in the hotel room, blown up by roadside bombs as the reporter patrol with the U.S. troops, shot by those same troops in cases of mistaken identity or simply killed in one of the myriad car crashes that litter the roads now that all traffic regulation has broken down. And now, to the list of dangers, comes the terrifying shift by the Iraqi resistance fighters toward killing civilians, in an attempt to turn this country into something resembling Somalia. In a 72-hour span in late November 2003, 7 Spanish intelligence officers in civilian clothes were killed, followed by 2 Japanese diplomats and then three contractors, 2 South Korean and one Colombian. All were ambushed on major highways regularly traveled by journalists. All this is challenging the way journalists work. Many journalists are refusing to travel in anything but armored cars. Other journalists favor small sedans and camouflage themselves with kaffiyehs as they drive the streets. Nearly all news organizations employ guards or security consultants at their bureaus. Some journalists are now riding to assignments with armed guards in the car. (Copyright of Communication and Mass Media Complete) Columbia Journalism Review 2004 p. 137-146. Narrative Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
38. Kirka, Danica "Caught in the Crossfire" Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 195 2007 2007 Annual Meeting International Communication Association p. 1-1. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
39. Lima, Jineth Bedoya "Truth in the Crossfire" Nieman Reports Vol. 33 2007 03 Sage Publications p. 539-554. Narrative Journalism/Communication magazine Mass violence NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) Add
40. Ludtke, Melissa "The Survival Mode of Reporting From a War Zone" Nieman Reports Vol. 30 1989 Summer89 Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication p. 391-530. Other Journalism/Communication magazine War NA Occupational health of journalists (negative consequences of reporting trauma) PTSD Add