After learning of the fate of VICE News, along with public radio staffers at WAMU and the loss of local DCist, Domenic and Jenna relive the trauma of their own layoff experience all over again.

So they reached out to Samantha Ragland, Vice President of Journalism Programs at the American Press Institute to discuss the increasingly layered issue of trauma in journalism.

https://americanpressinstitute.org/

The conversation was so in depth and intimate, we split it into two parts with the second half coming next week.

HEADLINE Starts 2:12

Vice Will Cease Publishing on Vice.com and Lay Off 'Several Hundred' Staffers, CEO Says

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/vice-cease-publishing-layoff-hundreds-ceo-1235919843/?cx_testId=48&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s

Interview with Samantha Ragland 13:14

Dom and Jenna Close Show 51:59

Journalists Resources:

Journalists and mental health: An API resource guide

https://americanpressinstitute.org/mental-health-resources-for-journalists/

Mental Health Reset

https://americanpressinstitute.org/mental-health-reset/

Leadership Reset Series

https://americanpressinstitute.org/leadership-reset-series/

Navigating burnout as a journalist

https://americanpressinstitute.org/navigating-burnout-as-a-journalist/

For 'still employed journalists' this series on "things to stop doing":

Prioritize Your Workload

https://americanpressinstitute.org/prioritize-your-workload/