{"podcast":{"title":"Backlight","slug":"backlight-6136461","podcast_index_feed_id":6136461,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d90d7698/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.lighthousereports.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36315382/36315382-1707825089853-e71c6ddacf677.jpg","author":"Lighthouse Reports","episode_count":33,"summary":"Backlight is a podcast produced by the investigations team at Lighthouse Reports. Every month we take you inside real world investigations to explain how they work, who works on them and how to get involved.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T00:17:32.188546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461"},"episode":{"title":"Protecting mental health in the newsroom - what we’ve learnt","slug":"protecting-mental-health-in-the-newsroom-what-we-ve-learnt","published_at":"2024-09-30T06:02:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/protecting-mental-health-in-the-newsroom-what-we-ve-learnt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lighthouse-reports/episodes/Protecting-mental-health-in-the-newsroom---what-weve-learnt-e2p1e1m","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d90d7698/podcast/play/92370422/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-8-30%2Fd6f4f7e9-0aa2-fca2-1d5d-9489c9f09782.mp3","summary":"This month we discuss the hidden toll journalism can take on your mental health and share tips for staying grounded in high-pressure environments. We talk to open-source investigator Bashar Deeb about coping with traumatic content and Juliana Ruhfus , the Director of the DART Center for Journalism Trauma Europe about how to protect your sources’ wellbeing. -- Investigations mentioned in this episode: The Kutum massacre Reconstructing the Melilla Massacre -- Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva , Tessa Pang Sound design, mixing and editing: ⁠⁠⁠Spoovio - Audiovisual Productions ⁠⁠⁠ -- ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠ - and you can email us at backlight@lighthousereports.com","meta_description":"This month we discuss the hidden toll journalism can take on your mental health and share tips for staying grounded in high-pressure environments. We talk…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1705,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/backlight-6136461/episodes/protecting-mental-health-in-the-newsroom-what-we-ve-learnt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/protecting-mental-health-in-the-newsroom-what-we-ve-learnt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}