JetReg Paris 2026
Fully booked
DAY 1 - Wednesday, June 24th · Wednesday, June 24th
17:00–17:45 Registrations
17:45 Welcome by Pascal GUENEE, head of Paris Dauphine-PSL Journalism School
18:00–18:45 Screening: Reporting from Uvalde
Presented by Jesús Ayala
California State University Long Beach
As news broke about a school shooting in Texas in May 2022, reporters immediately descended upon the small town of Uvalde to uncover the devastating violence at Robb Elementary, where 19 children and two teachers were killed. Journalists spent months recounting stories of survival and horror, while witnessing the grief of mourning families and exposing themselves to ongoing and repeated trauma.
Reporting from Uvalde chronicles the pivotal role that journalists play reporting from the scenes of mass shootings as first responders and explores the physical and emotional trauma that journalists are exposed to while reporting from the frontlines.
Produced & Filmed by: Jesús Ayala · Directed by: Raya Torres
18:45-18:45 Discussion with the filmmaker
A conversation and Q&A with Jesús Ayala, producer and filmmaker of Reporting from Uvalde, exploring the making of the documentary, the role of journalists as first responders during mass shootings, and the challenges of reporting on traumatic events
19:15-20:30 Welcoming and Networking Cocktail
An informal opportunity for conference participants, speakers, and guests to meet, reconnect, and exchange ideas ahead of the conference. Following the screening and discussion, the cocktail reception will provide a space to continue conversations on journalism, trauma, resilience, and journalism education in a relaxed setting while fostering new international collaborations and professional network
Agenda
DAY 2 Thursday, June 25th · Thursday, June 25th
8:30 Coffee & Breakfast
9:00 Official Opening
Opening Keynote
Thibaut Bruttin
General Secretary, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Welcome from JETREG
9:30 Paper Session 1: War, conflict & frontline reporting
Moderator: Lada Price
Resilience Reconsidered: Trauma and Journalistic Identity in Ukraine, Kelly BJORKLUND, Researcher at the University of Staffordshire
From a Witness to a Target: How Ukrainian Journalists Become Participants in Wartime Hostilities, Olena GOROSHKO, Professor at the Department of Sociology and Public Administration, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (Ukraine)
Precarity and Trauma: Safety Conditions and PTSD Among Spanish Conflict Journalists, Leire ITTUREGUI, Associate Professor Journalism Department, University of the Basque Country EHU, Spain
Trapped Between Two Fires: The Psychological Trauma of Journalists Covering the Swat Conflict: An Oral History, Sajjad ALI, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Malakand, Pakistan
10:45 Paper Session 2: Pedagogy & trauma-informed journalism education
Moderator: Alexandra Wake
Resilient Classrooms: A Comparative Study of Trauma-Informed Journalism Pedagogy and Curriculum Design in the UK and India, Arora ANSHU
Teaching Journalism Under Continuous Exposure: Trauma, Reception and Pedagogy in Colombia, Manuel HERRERA DE BEDOUT
Education on the Firing Line: Trends and Issues in Training Journalists in Ukraine’s Frontline Regions (2022–2026), Tetiana IVANIUKHA, PhD, associate professor, post-doctoral researcher, Educational and Scientific Institute of Journalism, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Trauma Awareness and Barriers: How journalism educators respond to teaching work-related trauma in journalism practice, Lada T. PRICE, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Sheffield, UK
12:00 Lunch Break (on site)
13:15 Paper Session 3: Psychological impact, moral injury & burnout
Moderator: Elana Newman
Toward a New Model for Newsroom Peer Support, Desiree HILL, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Oklahoma
Trauma and front-line editors: Thinking beyond first-hand experience, Susan KEITH, Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University
Trauma, censorship, and professional autonomy: the impacts on the values and professional identities of Brazilian women journalists, Paula MELANI ROCHA, Professor at the Journalism Department of the State University of Ponta Grossa (Brazil)
The Wounds We Don’t See: Moral Injury, Burnout, and Turnover Intentions Among Journalists in Pakistan, Sayyed Fawad Ali SHAH, Assistant Professor, School of Communication and Journalism, Auburn University, United States
14:30 Panel 1: Reflections on Reporting on Trauma Among Those in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Centers and Deported
This panel will help us develop a research paper that explores how to navigate and report on trauma-informed stories of those who are in detention centers in the United States or have been deported to some countries in the Global South. A report from the American Immigration Council in January 2026 documented that a record 73,000 people were in U.S. ICE detention centers and the numbers are expected to continue growing. More than 1 million people are incarcerated in the prisons in the United States.
Dorothy Bland, Ph.D., University of North Texas Mayborn School of Journalism professor, Lisa Armstrong, UC Berkeley assistant professor, Lina Manrique, professor of Journalistic Deontology at the Pontifical Javeriana University. Brigitte Bos, Ph.D., earned her doctorate at the University of Caen, Gavin Rees, senior advisor for training and innovation with the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma.
16:30 Welcome Word: Bruno Bouchard President, Paris-Dauphine University
16:45-17:15 Screening: Ukraine Under Fire A film about war and resilience (2025)
A film by Jordan Campbell
Featuring Ukrainian television news presenter Olga Butko and Peter Fouché, a frontline medic who died in Ukraine. The film amplifies Ukrainian voices, what they are experiencing each day, and discusses war crimes, genocide, and injustice, amidst Ukrainian resilience and indomitable spirit.
17:15-18:00
Following the screening, participants will have the opportunity to engage in a live conversation with Jordan Campbell about the making of the documentary, the ethical and practical challenges of reporting from a war zone, and the role of journalism in documenting conflict, human suffering, and resilience.
DAY 3: Friday, June 26th ·Friday, June 26th
9:00 Coffee & Breakfast
9:30 Paper Session 4: Frameworks, models & conceptual contributions
Moderator: Leire Itturegui
Mediating Emotional Distress: Transmedia Science Journalism to Understand Resilience in Latin America, Karen CORREDOR PÁEZ, Science Journalist at Pesquisa Javeriana Magazine
Ethical Dilemmas in Trauma Reporting: A Plea to Clarify Ethical and Moral Dilemmas, Distress, and Injury, Elena NEWMAN, McFarlin Professor and Chair of Psychology, University of Tulsa (in Oklahoma USA) and Research Director, Global Center for Journalism and Trauma
From Detachment to Relational Care: A Conceptual Framework for Trauma-Informed Journalism, Timon RAMAKER, Professor of journalism at Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences
Boardshorts and Bloodstains: Lessons for Newsrooms and Managers from the Bondi Massacre, Sharon SMITH, Lecturer, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia & Alexandra Wake, Professor of Journalism, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Paper Session 5: Technology, visual content & emerging challenges, Moderator Desiree Hill
Beyond the Fourth Estate: Navigating Moral Injury and Secondary Trauma in the "Digital Media Exodus, Victoria BALTAG, PhD student, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
When Risk Is Networked: Trauma, Digital Insecurity, and Institutional Responsibility in South Sudanese Journalism, Kennedy JAWOKO
Coverage with Care: Using zines to engage students in trauma-informed approaches to reporting and self-care, Matthew PEARSON, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
12:45 Lunch & networking Break (on site)
14:15 Opening of the Final Session
El Mouhoub Mouhoud President, PSL University
14:30 Panel 2 : Duty of Care: Moral, Legal, and Organizational Perspectives on Protecting FreelancersThis panel explores duty of care as a shared ethical, legal, and organizational responsibility in contemporary journalism, with particular attention to freelancers and local journalists working in high-risk environments. Bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives from moral philosophy, law, organizational practice, and media safety advising, the discussion examines how care, accountability, and protection are defined and enacted across different cultural and conflict contexts.Anthony Borden, founder and Executive Director of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), Dr Mark Grant, Vice President of Global Safety, Risk, and Resilience at the Associated Press, Kelly Bjorklund is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Staffordshire.
16:30 Closing Remarks
Lada T PRICE, JETREG
After Trauma : Rethinking Journalism Education and Professional Cultures
The Journalism Education Trauma Research Group (JETREG) is pleased to announce its 2026 International Conference, to be held in Paris in June 2026. Building on the momentum of the JETREG conferences held in Sheffield (2023) and Oklahoma City (2024), the Paris conference marks a new phase in collective reflection on trauma in journalism.
Event Highlights
Over the past decade, research has clearly established that exposure to trauma is no longer exceptional in journalism but structural. Journalists across beats, platforms and career stages routinely encounter violence, disaster, injustice and human suffering—often without adequate preparation or institutional support. While earlier research has focused on identifying trauma, stress and their consequences, a critical question now emerges:
What changes after trauma is acknowledged as a defining condition of journalistic work?
The Paris 2026 conference invites participants to move beyond diagnosis and toward rethinking journalism, journalism education and professional cultures in the aftermath of trauma.
Venue Paris
Join us in the heart of Paris at the vibrant campus of Paris Dauphine University Journalism School this June 2026.
Place
24 rue Saint Georges - 75009 Paris
Time
9 AM - 6 PM
Location
75009 Paris, France
Hours
June 24-26
