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The 2024 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival will gather leading journalists, editors, and publishers from around the world in Sarajevo from May 22 to 24, 2024. Under the theme “Navigating Crises: Journalism at a Turning Point”, this event will provide a vital space for media professionals, thought leaders, and innovators to explore new solutions, foster understanding, and critically examine the role of the media in addressing the great crises of our time.

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Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI).
Thursday, May 23 • 12:00 - 13:00
Duty of care in action: How newsrooms prioritize mental health

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The mental health of journalists has been steadily deteriorating since the pandemic. People often feel overwhelmed due to a broken business model and rapid digitalization, which adds to the emotional difficulty of the content we cover. Many newsrooms have become unhealthy places to work, with record levels of burnout, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. However, a few organizations are leading the way in creating cultures of care that prioritize the mental health and well-being of employees. In this panel, we’ll discuss challenges and best practices with them.
Moderators
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Mar Cabra

Co-founder, The Self-Investigation
Mar is one of the co-founders of The Self-Investigation. She is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, digital wellness educator and Acumen fellow working on raising awareness on how technology is changing the way we interact with ourselves, each other and as a society. She writes a... Read More →

Speakers
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Beata Balogova

Editor-in-chief, SME daily
Beata Balogová is the editor-in-chief of SME, a major independent daily and news site in Slovakia. Prior to joining SME, between 2003 and 2014, Beata served as editor-in-chief of Slovakia’s English-language weekly The Slovak Spectator. Beata also serves as vice chair of the executive... Read More →
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Jean-Marc Mojon

Global news safety manager, Agence France-Presse
Jean-Marc Mojon has been a journalist with AFP for close to 25 years. He is currently the agency’s global news safety manager, coordinating physical, mental and cyber security strategies worldwide. He was previously posted in seven countries as a reporter, including twice as a bureau... Read More →
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Lynn Paulo

Head of Learning & Development, Volant Media
Lynn is Head of L&D at Volant Media, an independent media company for Iranian and Afghanistan news channels. Lynn leads learning interventions that support both individual’s and organisation’s needs. Including wellbeing strategies across the business through campaigns that promote... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
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