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Self-care should not be underestimated at a time when journalists are trying to keep up with the latest coronavirus updates from their own homes. Reporting on the same constant story over and again can take its toll on your motivation.

Al Tompkins from Poynter and his wife Sidney who is a licenced psychotherapist, created a list of things to do to manage newsroom stress and trauma at this time.

"Reset. Keep things near you that will remind you what ‘normal’ looks like," it reads


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