Journalism and trauma: How reporters and photographers make sense of what they see

Journalism Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 534-553

  Dworznik, Gretchen ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Journalism; Mass media; Reporters and photographers; Television news; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015019219     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700600757977     Document Type: Article

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