Risk Factors

  • Fact Sheet

    Jan 1 2009

    Covering Trauma: Impact on Journalists

    By River Smith and Elana Newman

    An overview of current research on the occupational hazards for journalists covering traumatic events, the risk factors that aggravate those effects and some suggestions for mitigating those factors.

  • From the Academy

    Mar 1 2006

    Children and Media Coverage of Trauma

    By Christina Cantrell and Elana Newman

    An overview of current research on the short- and long-term impacts of media coverage of tragedy on children, as well as aggravating risk factors and suggestions for future research.

  • Fact Sheet

    Dec 1 2005

    Covering Trauma: Impact on the Public

    By Christina Cantrell

    An overview of current research on how news coverage of traumatic event effects the public and the risk factors that exascerbate reactions of distress.

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