[Commlist] CfP “Living to tell the tale – building community resilience in journalism”

*“Living to tell the tale – building community resilience in journalism”*

*CfP -Journalism Education Trauma Research Group (JETREG) 2023 event*

*University of Sheffield*

*15-16 June 2023*

*/Free Registration

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The Journalism Education Trauma Research Group (JETREG) is excited to 
announce its next international conference and knowledge exchange event 
on*15 and 16 June 2023*hosted by the Department of Journalism Studies at 
the University of Sheffield, UK in partnership with the University of 
Lincoln, UK.

Keynote speaker:*Professor Anthony Feinstein, University of Toronto.*

We are inviting scholars to submit*250-word*abstracts/proposals for 
individual papers or pre-formed panels by*_31 January 
2023._*__Registration is free but places will be limited. We will have a 
travel bursary for one PhD/ECR researcher to take part in the 
conference. Please state if you would like to apply for the bursary when 
submitting your abstract.__

This conference respondsto the persistent work-related problem of 
emotional and psychological stress in journalism practice.Journalists 
are one of the first responders to traumatic events and the last to 
leave, but they are the least likely to receive training in trauma 
informed literacy and resilience, unlike their counterparts in the 
police, nursing, ambulance services and fire brigade. Previous studies 
show that many journalists are reporting either post traumatic stress 
disorder (PTSD), associated symptoms, depression, and/or substance use 
whilemany journalistsfeel ill-preparedfor assignments, which involve 
reporting on critical incidents and events that carry a risk of being 
traumatised. Some scholars have blamed journalism’s deep-seated 
objectivity norm, which is central to journalism education and the 
‘macho’ views to be found in some newsrooms, as one of the reasons why 
journalists are reluctant to talk about the emotional and psychological 
effects of exposure to traumatic events on their health and wellbeing. 
Studies show that journalism students are also ill-equipped to deal with 
their own emotional reactions and to assess what they experience from an 
ethical perspective.

The academic conference aims to highlight current multidisciplinary 
research into trauma, emotion and resilience in journalism and media 
work; psychological and emotional safety of journalists/media workers, 
pedagogical approaches and best practice to trauma literacy in 
journalism education/training and the various experiences of trauma, 
emotional labour or (un)happiness in journalism/media. We also seek the 
perspectives of scholars from different disciplines,practicing 
journalists/freelancers/editors on coping strategies and/or newsroom 
support that may have pedagogical relevance.

Launched in 2020 by Ola Ogunyemi at the University of Lincoln and Lada 
Price at the University of Sheffield, JETREG is a thriving international 
research group comprising over 230 members across the world with seven 
regional research hubs in Europe, North/South America, Africa, 
Australia/New Zealand, South Asia and MENA who will be represented at 
the event. The event will bring together media practitioners and 
researchers from JETREG and the Journalism Safety Research Network 
(JRSN) at the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University 
of Sheffield.

Topics of interest for this conference may include, but are not limited to:

●Trauma informed journalism practice and pedagogy and challenges to 
normative assumptions around objectivity and detachment

●‘Moral injury’ in journalism

●Impact of journalists’ exposure to traumatic events

●Stress, burnout and PTSD in journalism practice

●Trauma and resilience during the pandemic

●Skills and capacity to cope with the effects of exposure to traumatic 
events

●Enhancing resilience in journalism

●Addressing barriers to trauma literacy in journalism practice and education

●Emotional literacy and psychological safety in journalism

●Institutional responses to trauma in newsrooms; support mechanisms

●Happiness and retaining staff in newsrooms

●Best practices and innovation in journalism pedagogy in building 
emotional resilience

●Mental health/wellbeing among journalists and journalism students/trainees

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SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT by*_January 31, 2023_*for consideration. Questions 
and abstracts may be directed to the organisers, Lada 
Price:(l.t.price /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) <mailto:(l.t.price /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)>and 
Ola Ogunyemi:(Oogunyemi /at/ lincoln.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(Oogunyemi /at/ lincoln.ac.uk)>Notification of acceptance will be sent 
out in February/early March 2023.

*Proposals for individual papers*must include an abstract (max 250 
words) and a short speaker biography (max 100 words).

*Panel proposals*must include a 150-word rationale for the panel, a 
250-word abstract for each of the papers, and a biography for each 
speaker of no more than 100 words.

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