Digital Boundaries: What fact-checkers need to know about promoting focus and protecting rest
How fact-checkers can promote focus and protect their rest by setting digital boundaries.
It’s OK to take care of yourself: What fact-checkers need to know about online trauma
Are you a fact-checker? Learn about vicarious trauma, moral injury and online harassment and what to do about them.
You Are Not Alone! Four Lessons on Mental Health and Burnout for Fact-Checkers and Journalists
Training Manager Emma Thomasson shares insights from our first English-language session of the Mental Leadership for Fact-Checkers program. At The Self-Investigation, we have launched Mental Health Leadership for Fact-Checkers, a pilot training and coaching program supported by the International Fact-Checking Network. With five workshops and four coaching calls over the course of 6 months, we’re […]
Meet the “Mental Health Leadership for Fact-Checkers” Cohort Members
In this mega-election year with more than 60 countries hosting elections, multiple global conflicts and an onslaught of harrowing images on social media (both real and AI-generated), journalists and fact-checkers need mental health resources more than ever. As Naseem Miller said recently in a National Press Club panel we participated in, journalism is a trauma-facing […]
Help us support media companies at a critical time in mental health and journalism
Help us bring to life the mental health revolution in journalism! We seek a part-time Business Development Manager who can grow our international client base and execute on our earned income strategies. The Self-Investigation is a global nonprofit organization catalyzing a healthy work culture in the media and communication industries by placing well-being and mental […]
Open Call for Applications: Mental Health Leadership for Fact-Checkers
The Self-Investigation is launching a new mental health training and coaching program for leaders at fact-checking organizations. Applications are due by February 8, 2024. [Convocatoria en español aquí] The Self-Investigation today announces the Mental Health Leadership for Fact-Checkers program, a rigorous, 6-month program of training and coaching for leaders of 14 fact-checking organizations. Participants can […]
Tap into your problem-solving, creative and strategic mind with this exercise
Is it hard for you to create focus time during work hours? Are you often feeling distracted and unproductive? Focus time helps tap into the parts of your brain that tend to be less accessible when you’re in a stress reaction: your problem-solving, creative and strategic mind. Performance and work life balance experts will tell […]