Health & Healing
Palestinian journalists describe emotional toll of reporting from Gaza
Graphic: Times of Palestine
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Mondoweiss published accounts from Palestinian journalists working in Gaza, who described the psychological and physical strain of covering the conflict while experiencing it simultaneously. The reporters detailed how documenting violence, loss, and displacement alongside their own displacement and trauma has affected their ability to work and their mental health.
The journalists emphasized the challenge of maintaining professional standards while witnessing devastation that directly impacts their families and communities. Several noted the difficulty of separating their roles as reporters from their identities as Palestinians affected by the same events they document.
