Emotions and Journalism

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Warfare. Criminal violence. Natural disaster. These topics dominate headlines and have been the basis for many careers in journalism. The way such stories are covered, though, can have lasting and profound consequences for both people caught up in events and the journalists reporting on them.

Based at The Media School's Centre for Public Communication Research and conducted in Association with the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma , Emotions in Journalism is an innovative research project that looks at how journalists are trained to cover other people's distress.

Not all journalists work in war zones, or do in-depth reporting on the lives of drug addicts, but most will at some stage of their careers face emotionally difficult assignments. An editor might need non-specialists to help report on the he aftermath of a terrorist incident; a reporter could find themselves interviewing a family after the death of somebody in the public eye.

Medical staff, the police and the military now all have specialist training in understanding trauma and dealing with members of the public affected by it. Emotions and Journalism will examine how such an approach might add to the practice of good journalism.

Aims

Emotions and Journalism aims to:

• Examine training and practice across the media - in print, broadcast and online
• Look at how the best journalists have traditionally coped with the emotionally difficult aspects of their trade
• Ask if more specialist and psychologically informed training could benefit the profession
• Produce recommendations for training which could be shared with all interested parties
• Explore how the media has embraced changing public attitudes towards the expression of emotion
• Add to research-based knowledge of key issues in contemporary journalism practice and training

Emotions in journalism is Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council .

For further information about the project contact:

• Centre for Public Communication Research (CPCR)

• Emotions and Journalism Website
• Dart Centre
• Arts and Humanities Research Council

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