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.
