Journalists in the areas of warfare. Research.
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For the second year in a row, the Kharkiv Press Club has been implementing a psychological support program for journalists working in combat zones, border and frontline areas of Ukraine. As part of this project, their mental and psychological health is surveyed. According to experts, the places and specifics of media representatives' work make them one of the most vulnerable categories of Ukrainian society.
According to the National Institute for Strategic Studies, every second Ukrainian needs psychological help. The military, doctors, and journalists are among the professions that need such support as a matter of priority.
82 percent of media representatives feel that their psychological health is deteriorating and rely on the support of specialists.
The surveys were conducted during the Kharkiv Press Club residencies in Lviv (August 23), Zhdeniyevo (Zakarpattia, December 23, April, August 24), Truskavets (Lviv region, July 24), Pistyn (Ivano-Frankivsk region, August 24), press conferences in Ivano-Frankivsk (January 11-12, 24), Lviv (March 28-29, 24), Vinnytsia (April 18-19, 24), Volyn (May 30-31, 24), Rivne (May 20-21, 24), and Ternopil (July 25-26, 24), as well as by telephone in August 24.
- Our research has shown that, unfortunately, the longer the war lasts, the more fatigue and psycho-emotional exhaustion of media representatives is felt,
said Oleksandr Shvets, head of the Kharkiv Press Club.
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