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Dave Seglins
@daveseglins.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist & Well-being Champion
CBC News, Industry trainer/advocate
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, Fellow
Tonight - Drop-in session for Canadian journalists and news professionals working on the wildfires. Zoom. Registration required, via email: peersupport@caj.ca
#CNIPS #MentalHealth #Journalism
June 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today we launch a national mental health program for Canadian journalists and news professionals. 20 volunteers have been trained to offer confidential colleague-to-colleague peer support. Congratulations Canadian Association of Journalists and our founding sponsors.
May 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
INFO SESSIONS: Are you a news professional interested in volunteering to help colleagues in Canada's news industry? Have questions about becoming a peer supporter?
CAJ Peer Supporter info sessions - Thursday March 20. 1 PM (ET) or 7 PM (ET)
RSVP: forms.gle/XgqqBuuYGhVo...
March 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
DEADLY FOOD OUTBREAK: “Publicly, the CFIA gives an impression such oversight takes place….But in the case of Joriki’s Pickering plant, the CFIA never checked for compliance….”

“Basically, it’s a self-regulation process. That means it’s on nobody’s job list.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
An algorithm was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak
Five years ago, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency began letting manufacturers increasingly police themselves under a new system of oversight. Now three people are dead and many more have been harmed...
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Reposted by Dave Seglins
Interested in the craft, business, protection and well-being of journalism and journalists? I've created a starter pack featuring journalism and media educators, researchers and commentators, industry associations & more. Suggestions welcome! go.bsky.app/JD3XQxF #journalismsky #mediasky
November 16, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Survey of +1200 Canadian media workers finds a troubling amount of stress, anxiety, depression. (May 2022) www.cbc.ca/news/editors...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Re-upping some works about mental health in the journalism industry as I jump on BlueSky.

journalistsresource.org/home/mental-...
Prioritizing mental health in the newsroom: 5 tips to get you started
It is possible for newsrooms to prioritize mental health. The key is starting small. A panel of experts share their advice and solutions.
journalistsresource.org
November 15, 2024 at 11:42 PM