VICE: So, So Angry: Exhausted Reporters Who Survived The Capitol Siege Are Still Struggling

I wish I’d thought to write this story by @cam_joseph. Don’t miss it: https://t.co/WoNlMDCiBZ

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 6, 2021

This is today’s email from the main journalism education organ at Harvard. Professional advancement in the journalism industry now requires being fluent in the same jargon of “self-care” that has infected every other therapeutically-obsessed sector of society pic.twitter.com/1yeWT1K6Za

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) July 6, 2021

In Joe Biden’s America, a whole generation of “journalists” are exhausted and sobbing and traumatized by the emotional labor of covering the “far right” and the Capitol Siege.

VICE:

“John Bresnahan spent January 6 watching a pro-Trump insurrection ransack the building he’s worked in for decades. 

The congressional reporting veteran was in the House gallery when a colleague texted him that the Capitol’s exterior security fence had been overrun. As soon as he stepped into the hallway, he heard the roar of the crowd as they warred with police officers trying to protect the Capitol’s perimeter. …

Reporters have discussed their personal experiences in the days immediately following the Capitol insurrection. But few have publicly talked about the lasting effects in the months since—the toll that day took on them, the difficulty some have faced in returning to a site where they experienced trauma, and what it’s been like covering a Congress still deeply divided on the events of that day.  …

And the emotional scars are still there. Six months after their office was attacked, the Capitol Hill press corps is grappling with how to cover the insurrection’s fallout, as well as its impact on them personally and professionally.

Some reporters who were there won’t go back into the building. A number have sought therapy to deal with the trauma. One longtime Capitol Hill reporter opted for early retirement shortly after living through the riot. Many still aren’t sleeping well. …”