title: Clinicians and journalists responding to disasters.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Mass casualty events pose dilemmas for community clinicians, often challenging their existing clinical toolkits. However, few clinicians were trained to be experts in explaining the unfolding events to the community, creating resources, and interacting with journalists. The objective of this article is to explain knowledge, skills, and attitudes that mental health professionals need to consider when working with journalists, especially those covering children affected by disaster.
  
  
  METHODS
  In service of these objectives, this article reviews controversies, evidence, and best practices to facilitate effective collaborations and consultations with journalists. Advice includes information on how to be a good source to journalists.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians can ethically and effectively help journalists tell accurate and compelling stories about the psychological effects of disasters when they understand and respect the aims, culture, and ethics of journalism.
authors.affiliation: 1 Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma Research Office, The University of Tulsa , Tulsa, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: Elana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D020452:Journalism / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008402:Mass Media / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*