We are a nonprofit catalysing a healthy work culture in the media industry globally by placing well-being and mental health as a core business strategy and value. Our vision is driven by our belief that to sustain quality journalism, we need mentally healthy journalists.
With consultancies, training, coaching and other awareness-raising support, we empower individuals and partner with media companies to operationalize well-being and mental health into work routines, policies & guidelines.
We work in English and Spanish. Through partnerships, we have also reached audiences in Portuguese and Arabic.
Our approach
- We offer evidence-based techniques and tools coming from neuroscience, psychology and mindfulness, combined with our first-hand experience working in newsrooms.
- We take a three-pronged holistic approach to change and focus on prevention rather than rehabilitation by: 1) Enhancing mental health awareness 2) Equipping leaders with knowledge and tools for policy reform and 3) Providing individual accompaniment.
- Our goal is to empower communication and media professionals and support companies and institutions to adopt a healthy work culture so they can actualize their impact on society to the fullest extent.
- We fundraise and create partnerships so that diverse communities and regions can get free or affordable access to mental health support and training.
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Who we are
The Self-Investigation was created in mid-2020 as a direct response to the rise in mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Media workers, as front-line respondents and key actors for the good functioning of democracies, lacked support and training. In fact, mental health was, and still is in many parts of the world, a taboo in most workplaces.
Registered as a nonprofit foundation (Stichting) in The Netherlands since November 2021, we work globally to prove that a healthier way of working in the media is possible, urgent and makes smart business sense.
You can view our official statutes in Dutch here and an English translation here. Our tax ID is NL863183815B01.
Meet the team
Our global team is led by multi-lingual, certified coaches and trainers with decades of media experience. They all offer expertise and unique skill sets, along with a strong commitment to creating change and helping others.
We also draw on an international network of certified experts with lived experience on a variety of topics to provide tailor-made and state of the art training, coaching and support to both media and communications workers and their organisations.
Board of directors
Staff
Our network of trainers
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