Produced by Sarah French Edited by Ken Shermer Results: 90% said not enough emphasis is put on mental health for journalists. 82% said they have received no prior training to cover traumatic events. 90% said they received no prior training in college to cover traumatic events. 83% said they never received any training from their TV station to cover traumatic events. 58% said station management never checked in on them after covering a traumatic event. 62% said nothing benefic

I was accepted into graduate school in December 2019. I wrote my admissions essay about a glaring oversight I believed was apparent when it came to training and treating journalists who cover traumatic events. This stemmed from my own mental health issues as a reporter in Boston, and it all seemed to culminate with the Boston Marathon bombing. I began experiencing severe anxiety as a reporter, and I began to wonder how the news personally affects those who cover it. As a you