How journalists can protect themselves when leaking graphic images from Gaza and elsewhere.
Source: Reuters Institute:
-Two journalists-Alexa Koening and Andrea Lampros, both of the University of California, Berkeley-deliver their recommendations in the book Graphic , edited by the University of Cambridge.
Today, almost anyone can upload and disseminate newsworthy content online, which has radically transformed our information ecosystem. However, this often leaves us exposed to content produced without ethical or professional guidelines. In Graphic, Alexa Koenig and Andrea Lampros examine this dynamic and share best practices for safely navigating our digital world. Drawing on the latest social science research, original interviews, and their experiences running the world's first university digital research lab, Koenig and Lampros provide practical advice for maximizing the benefits and minimizing the harms of being online. In the wake of the global pandemic, they ask: How do people process Graphic news as they spend more time online? What practices can newsrooms, social media companies, and social justice organizations implement to protect their employees from vicarious trauma and other harms? Timely and urgent, Graphic helps us navigate the unprecedented psychological implications of the digital age.
Reviews and endorsements.
'We live in a world where too few people have stopped to think about the devastating impact of the way cell phones, video and audio technology, and the Internet bring horrific, often instantaneous violence into our offices, our homes, and our safest spaces. It is splendid to have this thoughtful and compassionate analysis of this situation, replete with practical suggestions, from two of our best human rights workers.' Adam Hochschild, author of American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and the Forgotten Crisis of Democracy.
