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Perceived Organisational Support After a Traumatic Event : A Case Study of How Slovak Newsrooms Coped with the Murder of Investigative Journalist Ján Kuciak

Authors

URBÁNIKOVÁ Marína HANIKOVÁ Lenka

Year of publication 2024
Type Chapter of a book
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Description Journalists not only report on traumatic events (e.g., Backholm & Björkqvist 2010; Carter & Kodrich 2013; Feinstein, Osmann & Patel 2018; Feinstein & Starr 2015; Newman, Simpson & Handschuh 2003), but can sometimes become part of them, for example when they or their colleagues are attacked because of their work. One of the most extreme cases with potentially traumatic effects is the murder of a fellow journalist (Novak & Davidson 2013). This chapter, using a case-study approach, focuses on the assassination of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée committed in 2018 and explores the organisational support provided to journalists following the event. It answers two research questions: (1) What organisational support did the Slovak investigative journalists receive from their news organisations to help them cope with the murder of their colleague? (2) How did journalists perceive and evaluate this organisational support, and what type of support, if any, did they lack?

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