“It takes a community of journalists to address trauma.”

This is the call of PPI-Members in Mindanao, which participated in the second leg of the Seminar on Journalism and Trauma in Davao City conducted by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.

“The media landscape in Mindanao is so unique that certain peculiarities have to be addressed,” Greg Deligero, associate editor of Edge Davao, said.

Reporting about conflict, combat, natural and man-made disasters, and other traumatic events are all in a day’s work for journalists.  But are they always immune to the issues they are covering?

A pioneering seminar about trauma and journalism conducted by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to PPI members revealed that reporters’ exposure to stress and trauma must be addressed to keep them professionally fit.