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Dave Seglins

@daveseglins.bsky.social
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Investigative Journalist & Well-being Champion CBC News, Industry trainer/advocate Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, Fellow

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Dave Seglins @daveseglins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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
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Dave Seglins @daveseglins.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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.
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Dave Seglins @daveseglins.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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...
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Dave Seglins @daveseglins.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
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...
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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...
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Joanna Smith @joannasmith.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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
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Dave Seglins @daveseglins.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Survey of +1200 Canadian media workers finds a troubling amount of stress, anxiety, depression. (May 2022) www.cbc.ca/news/editors...
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Dave Seglins @daveseglins.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Tough journalist lessons from covering a school mass shooting. Well-being In News blog www.journalismforum.ca/well-being-i...
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Reporting on mass shootings: journalist lessons from Uvalde, Texas — Canadian Journalism Forum
"For 89% of our study’s participants Uvalde was the first mass shooting they covered and they overwhelmingly reported that they felt woefully unprepared… Many said they felt ‘cheated’ or ‘let down’ by...
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Dave Seglins @daveseglins.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Re-upping some works about mental health in the journalism industry as I jump on BlueSky. journalistsresource.org/home/mental-...
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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.
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