The film we're so excited to have in our Frontline Russia collection, and that has already been screened in the Frontline Club in London, "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province" earlier this week was nominated for Oscar!A couple......more

Last Friday I went to talk to the students who are going to be emergency service officials - and talked to them about interaction with reporters on an emergency site. It was pretty interesting I dare say.Prior to that I......more

Dear Friends,It has been a while since I wrote here the last time... I apologize for the long silence (not that I really hope that you've really noticed - but I have been sort of ashamed that I abandoned my......more

- I mean, a reporter working in a traumatic situation? Are there psychological predispositions or skills to be developed - that would make a journalist more effective in working with traumas? This topic I started discussing with my students at......more

Today was the first class of the new (spring) semester - the second (semester) for me as I teach Psychology of Trauma for Journalists at Moscow State University. The students are very nice. There were just 5 of them -......more

This Monday (1 February 2009) I took part in an interesting conference of female reporters, "Building Bridges Across Conflicts" in Moscow. Here is an article I wrote for this conference. When we talk about journalists and journalism - should we......more

Today I'm quite happy with my students :) This semester I've been teaching a course on Journalism and Trauma (officially it has a long complicated title that I can't even remember) for Moscow State University journalism students. They seem to......more

Last night we were watching and discussing The Russians Are Coming! documentary with Moscow students - which is a quite light and easy film (unlike some other stuff in our "heavy" documentary package) - but nevertheless it provoked some serious thinking. Some viewers......more

Hello, This is my first (test) post here. I'm quite excited about the opportunity to lead a blog on my beloved Frontline website - about my favorite topic on journalism and trauma. Hope my enthusiasm will cover for my mistakes......more