Employers responsible for traumatized journalists
A couple of weeks ago, a landmark ruling in the Victorian County Court found The Age newspaper to be responsible for one of its journalist’s mental health. As a part of her work covering violent crimes for the paper, the journalist had developed a form of post-traumatic stress disorder and successfully sued her employer for compensation.
To discuss what this ruling may mean for newsrooms across the country, The Daily’s Victor Petrovic by Alexandra Wake, Journalist and Senior Lecturer in Journalism at RMIT University.
