FYI Key documents/papers on my research project documenting, explaining (and hopefully helping to address) the mental health crisis among media professionals worldwide are available open access at OSF: osf.io/tfuy6/ 🙏
#mentalhealth#wellbeing#mediawork#makingmedia
When you visit school for #StudentLedConferences…but you gotta get that #selfie! We obviously had a great time taking family photos in the #MediaLab as students engaged their parents in the #learning process and communicated their #progress. 😎📸
New report on the mental health of workers in the UK film and TV sector shows 60% consider leaving the industry due to mental health concerns. The report also concludes that the industry starts to listen to the people who power it: filmtvcharity.org.uk/leading…#makingmedia#mediawork
If you are in Sydney (🇦🇺) next week, please consider dropping by our in-person seminar presenting new research on the mental health & well-being of media professionals (Tues 29/11 at noon), organized by @MediaAtSydney: eventbrite.com.au/e/seminar-…#mediawork#makingmedia
Honored to be part of a two-day symposium on the mental health and well-being of media professionals at MDX in London. Some shocking cases presented by scholars around the world committed to make working lives better. Inspiring stuff! #makingmedia#mediawork#MDXMediaLabour
@UCLA is completely embracing the business model of creative industries (such as its neighbor, the Hollywood film industry): newcomers are expected to perform aspirational/hope labor (for reputation and experience), only to be replaced by new unpaid workers. #makingmedia