The Trauma Beat
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The Trauma Beat

A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News

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eBook - ePub

The Trauma Beat

A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News

About this book

A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate

In The Trauma Beat, an eye-opening combination of investigative journalism and memoir, former big-city crime reporter Tamara Cherry calls on her award-winning skills as a journalist to examine the impact of the media on trauma survivors and the impact of trauma on members of the media. As Tamara documents the experiences of those who were forced to suffer on the public stage, she is confronted by everything she got wrong on the crime beat.

Covering murders and traffic fatalities to sexual violence and mass violence, Cherry exposes a system set up to fail trauma survivors and journalists. Why do some families endure a swell of unwanted attention after the murder of a loved one, while others suffer from a lack of attention? What is it like to have a microphone shoved in your face seconds after escaping the latest mass shooting? What is the lasting impact on the reporter holding that microphone? The Trauma Beat explores these issues with the raw, reflective detail of a journalist moving from ignorance to understanding and shame to healing.

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Table of contents

  1. Praise for The Trauma Beat
  2. Dedication
  3. Introduction
  4. Housekeeping
  5. 1. Widow Kim
  6. 2. Gregory Stewart’s Mother
  7. 3. The Scoop on Sensational Stories
  8. 4. Brains on Trauma
  9. 5. Overexposed
  10. 6. Bad, Ugly, Good, Repeat
  11. 7. A Morally Presumptive Chorus
  12. 8. Story Taking
  13. 9. Victims People
  14. 10. When the News Trucks Go Away
  15. 11. Red Flags
  16. 12. Informed Intentions
  17. 13. A Strange and Lonely Trauma
  18. 14. A Rational Human Being
  19. 15. A Classic Case
  20. 16. The Parking Lot
  21. 17. It’s Just Different
  22. Epilogue
  23. Acknowledgments
  24. Endnotes
  25. About the Author
  26. Copyright