158. Tamara Cherry: Ethical journalism and Trauma

 

Welcome back to Locked Up Living Podcast, Today we are joined by Tamara Cherry, who's a trauma researcher, author, and communications consultant who spent the bulk of her career as an award-winning crime reporter in some of Canada's largest newsrooms, including the Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun, and CTV News Toronto. In 2019, she left journalism to launch Pick Up Communications, a public relations firm that supports trauma survivors and relevant stakeholders. She is also the author of the Trauma Beat, a case for rethinking the business of bad news, where she draws on the experiences of more than a hundred trauma survivors from homicides to traffic fatalities, sexual violence, to mass violence as she reflects on all the way she gets things wrong as a crime reporter when she thought she was getting them right.

TIMESTAMPS
[02:09] Tamara’s background
[06:14] Balancing needs of the public, organization & subject of the story
[09:45] Good intentions aren't enough
[11:34] There's no too young in dancing
[15:04] Do the emotional stories bring about change?
[24:52] What journalists see on screens
[31:00] Difference between hourly news vs 24-hour news
[40:19] Why aren't more journalists talking about this issue?
[43:51] Less empathetic journalists, what does that mean for news
[47:48] About Tamara's PR company
[50:24] How Tamara looks after herself
[54:01] Self-support program for journalists

RESOURCES MENTIONED
The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News

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