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This was very hard to write but I'm glad I did, because mental health is important.
For this month's @IRE_NICAR journal: mental health, trauma interviews & the guilt that's followed me for six years. https://www.ire.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ire_q3_2020.pdf
For this month's @IRE_NICAR journal: mental health, trauma interviews & the guilt that's followed me for six years. https://www.ire.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ire_q3_2020.pdf
Can't say enough how much @milesmoffeit's support and edits meant.
Plus, from Miles, @anjucomet & me, a tipsheet on trauma (for more check out the @DartCenter at https://dartcenter.org/ )
Plus, from Miles, @anjucomet & me, a tipsheet on trauma (for more check out the @DartCenter at https://dartcenter.org/ )
Morning thoughts:
I have so much love for my editors at the @HoustonChron because they're supportive and in-tune with the mental toll our work can take.
But it hasn't always been like this.
I have so much love for my editors at the @HoustonChron because they're supportive and in-tune with the mental toll our work can take.
But it hasn't always been like this.
I remember, right after this incident happened, alumni from my school paper said I had to write the story right away to "put the school paper on the map."
I couldn't even think about writing it, because thinking about it made me want to vomit.
I couldn't even think about writing it, because thinking about it made me want to vomit.
Two years later, in an interview for a prize at my school, the ENTIRE interview focused on my mistakes in not capitalizing off the interview.
The only people who asked me if I was OK were my friends at the school paper. Not the adults in the room.
The only people who asked me if I was OK were my friends at the school paper. Not the adults in the room.
It took lots of therapy and talks with journalism mentors for me to realize: What happened wasn't my fault, and being upset about it was normal.
So if anyone wants to talk all things mental health/journalism, DMs are always open.
So if anyone wants to talk all things mental health/journalism, DMs are always open.
And because this thread has been super depressing, it's time for an alpaca picture https://twitter.com/BarnacreAlpacas/status/1298380805031497729
