CBC is looking to hire trauma support for its journalists, according to a post on MERX, a Canadian online tender service..The state-funded media corporation says it's seeking specialized services specifically geared to media organizations and staff deployed to hostile and high-risk environments and conflict zones..“The request for information (RFI) is to identify suppliers that can deliver turn-key critical incident, trauma, and peer support services tailored to the unique realities of news-gathering teams in the field as well as pre- and post-deployment,” reads the post..An RFI is a business process purposed to gather written information about various supplier’s capabilities..From its supplier, CBC wants the development of a “trained peer support program,” as well as “critical incident and trauma support” which will be globally available in the field, in-person, online, and by telephone around-the-clock, every day of the year..It also seeks pre- and post-deployment support sessions, which include “rest & recuperation” sessions, or “R&R sessions” globally available in-field..Over the last two years Canadian journalists from a variety of organizations have increasingly vocalized incidents of reported abuse and harassment, often on Twitter, leading to an influx of support tweets from their counterparts.
CBC is looking to hire trauma support for its journalists, according to a post on MERX, a Canadian online tender service..The state-funded media corporation says it's seeking specialized services specifically geared to media organizations and staff deployed to hostile and high-risk environments and conflict zones..“The request for information (RFI) is to identify suppliers that can deliver turn-key critical incident, trauma, and peer support services tailored to the unique realities of news-gathering teams in the field as well as pre- and post-deployment,” reads the post..An RFI is a business process purposed to gather written information about various supplier’s capabilities..From its supplier, CBC wants the development of a “trained peer support program,” as well as “critical incident and trauma support” which will be globally available in the field, in-person, online, and by telephone around-the-clock, every day of the year..It also seeks pre- and post-deployment support sessions, which include “rest & recuperation” sessions, or “R&R sessions” globally available in-field..Over the last two years Canadian journalists from a variety of organizations have increasingly vocalized incidents of reported abuse and harassment, often on Twitter, leading to an influx of support tweets from their counterparts.
