{"id":34034,"date":"2025-11-18T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newselfinvestigation.belenweb.com\/?p=34034"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:58:28","slug":"recap-mhjs25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newselfinvestigation.belenweb.com\/es\/recap-mhjs25\/","title":{"rendered":"What the 2025 Mental Health in Journalism Summit Taught Us About the Future of Wellbeing in Media"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does it take to sustain mental health in journalism today? At the 2025 Mental Health in Journalism Summit<\/a> (#MHJS25), over 50 sessions and 170 speakers from across the globe explored this urgent question.<\/span><\/p>

From trauma and burnout to leadership, innovation, and community care, a common thread emerged: the future of journalism depends on the wellbeing of journalists<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>

Held over three days, from October 8th to 10th, 2025, the Summit commemorated World Mental Health Day by bringing together hundreds of journalists, editors, HR professionals, founders, CEOs, and mental health experts. For the second consecutive year, the event marked a key milestone for The Self-Investigation and the media industry as a whole. This would not have been possible without the fundamental support of our co-funder, the Fred Foundation, and the 36 organizations that joined as outreach partners or sponsors.<\/span><\/p>

The conversations revealed major patterns: global research is still scarce, but country-level data and regional or local initiatives are multiplying. People and organizations want to help, yet most don\u2019t know how or where to start. The result? Dozens of promising pilots and interventions but fragmented, unstructured knowledge.<\/span><\/p>

As several speakers agreed, it\u2019s not just the content that harms; toxic newsroom cultures and precarious work conditions remain one of the biggest mental health risks.<\/span><\/p>

This year, the Summit was framed under the theme \u201cResilience for uncertain times.\u201d<\/strong> The program, which featured over 50 sessions in both English and Spanish, was co-created with an open call for session proposals.<\/span><\/p>

Below are five key topics that shaped MHJS25<\/strong> and the future of a healthier, more humane media industry.<\/span><\/p>

1. Strengthening the Ecosystem: Why a Global Forum is Needed<\/strong><\/h4>

Of the 800 participants registered for the Summit, we had representation from all around the world, from Mexico to India, and from Germany to Nigeria, and the program featured experts from 47 countries. The fact that the Summit is fully online allows for real inclusivity and facilitates exchanges that would otherwise not be possible.<\/span><\/p>

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We heard firsthand experiences and wellbeing initiatives from colleagues in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Romania, Jordan, Brazil, France, Venezuela, and many other countries. No other forum in our industry offers this kind of global exchange, even though breaking regional bubbles and learning from proven mental health strategies in newsrooms\u2014often very similar to ours\u2014around the world is essential. After all, many of these challenges are shared across borders.<\/p>

This year, the Summit featured fewer sessions than in 2024. However, we offered a more curated and unique program. Our team doubled down on efforts to combine multiple community-submitted proposals; as a result, we had richer discussions and fostered new connections among professionals and projects. We believe this effort is essential to really move the needle and aligns with our executive director\u2019s Nieman Lab predictions from the last couple of years: to have a healthier industry, we need to have deeper conversations, create structured peer support initiatives<\/a>, and a globally connected movement<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2. Leadership & Newsroom Culture: Building Systems of Care<\/strong><\/h4>

Good intentions are no longer enough. Newsroom leaders are realizing that \u201ccare\u201d has to be designed, measured, and sustained at an organisational level, not left to individual effort.<\/span><\/p>

As Elaine D\u00edaz (Tiny News Collective), speaker of the panel <\/span>The role of HR in supporting mentally healthy practices in difficult times<\/span><\/i><\/a>, puts in <\/span>this post<\/span><\/a>: \u201cyou can\u2019t \u201cself-care\u201d your way out of burnout. It requires strong systems, firm boundaries and tons of grace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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