MOGADISHU, SOMALIA- 17th, 2022- Somali women journalist organization (SWJO) in partnership with United Nations Assistance for Somalia (UNISOM) concludes a three day workshop training on trauma for more than forty media practitioners drawn from various media houses in Mogadishu
During the 3-day training workshop, the participants had learned a great deal of journalists’ resilience and peer support, reflections of the journalists’ in covering trauma stories and counselling session. The psychological wounds from covering traumatic events such as terror incidents and journalist killings are difficult to recover from. As a result, the journalists were prepared and informed about the consequences of covering such events on their lives.
Leylo Osman, SWJO’s executive closed the event and thanked the participants while highlighting the importance of the training. “We are delighted to hold this training and we as swjo team hope it will help you develop the skills you need to cope with traumatic events” added Leyla.
“Decades of covering traumatic events in Somalia, Journalists interact with victims, their families, and the affected communities. They live with unbearable long-term memories. This is the best time to raise and have the conversations around trauma and to be talked about” said, Ahmed Einad, a trainer.
SWJO believes the training developed journalists’ awareness of the complexity of survivors’ trauma (tic) experiences and understand the impact of the traumatic events on themselves and their audiences as well as helps the journalists to make better, more ethical news choices when covering traumatic events next time.
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