"Breaking News, Breaking Down"

"Breaking News, Breaking Down"

Journalists are often tasked with covering traumatic events. This proximity to danger and death can inflict mental scars on reporters -- particularly those who deal with it on a daily basis. We talk with a local journalist who suffered an...

Journalists are often tasked with covering traumatic events. This proximity to danger and death can inflict mental scars on reporters -- particularly those who deal with it on a daily basis. We talk with a local journalist who suffered an emotional crisis after the September 11, 2001 attacks -- and later went on to make a film about how trauma affects his profession.

Guests

Mike Walter

Director, "Breaking News, Breaking Down"

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