New Guide: Under Pressure
Help is also available in the new guide “Stark unter Druck” (Under Pressure), which our institute director, Barbara Hans, co-authored. It is a practical collection of ideas on how to ease the strain of day-to-day editorial work (only available in German so far).
The guide is not based on theory, but on the practical experience of around 100 managers, works council members and HR managers from the journalism sector, who, over the course of several roundtable discussions, compiled what actually works in their organisations. The result is not a set of rules that you have to work through from start to finish, but a modular system: you pick out what suits your own editorial team and give it a go.
We work ... ...together
The Mindful Media Lab operates as a network. It brings together people who, in their very different roles, deal with stress in journalism: in newsrooms, in research, in education, in professional bodies and associations, and in related fields.
The network is the foundation of the Lab. It ensures that encounters and exchanges on the topic are not left to chance – and that knowledge about stress and its consequences does not remain anecdotal, but is scientifically grounded.
Practical experience and observations are combined with academic analysis and support. This gives rise to shared questions and concrete solutions for everyday editorial work. The Mindful Media Lab creates its own formats and forums for this exchange. Our goal: to learn from one another.
