Understand your reactions, assess risks and support your team: How trauma-informed leadership training works for Ukrainian media professionals
Over eleven years of war, including three years of full-scale Russian invasion, stress has become a daily reality for Ukrainians. Media professionals who work with information and report on the course of hostilities, war crimes of the occupiers, consequences of shelling and human losses in their stories receive a double dose of war-related stress. According to the Institute of Mass Information study, in 2024, 97% of Ukrainian journalists agreed that the war had affected their psycho-emotional state, and 58% said it was becoming increasingly difficult for them.
The Dart Center – an international network that seeks to enhance journalists’ capacity to cover violence and tragedy sensitively and effectively – is working to equip Ukrainian newsrooms with news tools for managing potential impact on their staff.
