Newsrooms Face Mental Health Challenge Amid Surge of Graphic Footage

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By: Katie Hawkins-Gaar | Poynter

Tuesday, February 3, marked the first time Andy Carvin allowed himself to watch an ISIS execution video. The intensely disturbing footage, which showed a Jordanian pilot being burned alive, brought back a flood of memories and emotions for the journalist.

“The impact really hit me,” Carvin said. “I had avoided [ISIS videos] up until that point. It didn’t seem worth the burden.

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