Journalists reporting for duty: Resilience, trauma and growth

The Phoenix of Natural Disasters: Community Resilience

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 101-122

  McMahon, Cait ^a   McLellan, Trina ^a  

^a Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma   (Australia)

Author keywords

Journalists; Macho culture; Media; Natural disasters; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895208865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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