Tonight - Drop-in session for Canadian journalists and news professionals working on the wildfires. Zoom. Registration required, via email: peersupport@caj.ca
#CNIPS #MentalHealth #Journalism

Grateful for the industry-wide support.

Today we launch a national mental health program for Canadian journalists and news professionals. 20 volunteers have been trained to offer confidential colleague-to-colleague peer support. Congratulations Canadian Association of Journalists and our founding sponsors.

INFO SESSIONS: Are you a news professional interested in volunteering to help colleagues in Canada's news industry? Have questions about becoming a peer supporter?
CAJ Peer Supporter info sessions - Thursday March 20. 1 PM (ET) or 7 PM (ET)
RSVP: forms.gle/XgqqBuuYGhVo...

An algorithm was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak Five years ago, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency began letting manufacturers increasingly police themselves under a new system of oversight. Now three people are dead and many more have been harmed...

DEADLY FOOD OUTBREAK: “Publicly, the CFIA gives an impression such oversight takes place….But in the case of Joriki’s Pickering plant, the CFIA never checked for compliance….”

“Basically, it’s a self-regulation process. That means it’s on nobody’s job list.”
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Interested in the craft, business, protection and well-being of journalism and journalists? I've created a starter pack featuring journalism and media educators, researchers and commentators, industry associations & more. Suggestions welcome! go.bsky.app/JD3XQxF #journalismsky #mediasky

Survey of +1200 Canadian media workers finds a troubling amount of stress, anxiety, depression. (May 2022) www.cbc.ca/news/editors...

Reporting on mass shootings: journalist lessons from Uvalde, Texas — Canadian Journalism Forum "For 89% of our study’s participants Uvalde was the first mass shooting they covered and they overwhelmingly reported that they felt woefully unprepared… Many said they felt ‘cheated’ or ‘let down’ by...

Tough journalist lessons from covering a school mass shooting.

Well-being In News blog
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Prioritizing mental health in the newsroom: 5 tips to get you started It is possible for newsrooms to prioritize mental health. The key is starting small. A panel of experts share their advice and solutions.

Re-upping some works about mental health in the journalism industry as I jump on BlueSky.

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