Walter V. Robinson, Editor-At-Large, The Boston Globe
Many individuals in the United States are exposed to trauma at some point in their lives. In fact, conservative estimates indicate that up to 60% of adults have experienced at least one event that would be considered traumatic, such as child maltreatment, interpersonal violence, natural disaster, war or serious accident, in their lifetime. Scientific knowledge on the effects of traumatic stress and ways forward to recovery and resilience need to be disseminated to a wider audience including the public. One way to do this is through investigating reporting. This webinar will focus on the investigative reporting of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team regarding the widespread pattern of child sexual abuse by priests and the Catholic Church’s shielding of offenders and concealment of crime. The team editor and leader reporter for the Globe’s four-personSpotlight team will discuss “light bulb moments” in the investigation as well as the impact of and coping with trauma from hearing survivors’ stories and witnessing severe emotional distress on journalists. The importance of trauma psychologists’ collaboration and communication of scientific findings on trauma with news organizations will be discussed.
Walter V. Robinson, is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter for The Boston Globe and currently holds the title of Editor-At-Large. His professional journalistic accomplishments are vast, serving as a national and foreign correspondent reporting from more than 30 foreign countries and 48 states. He has covered four presidential elections, the White House under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and the first Persian Gulf War. However, he is probably best known to a wider audience for being the team editor and lead reporter for the Globe’s four-person Spotlight team’s coverage of the Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal in the early 2000’s. Mr. Robinson served in the U.S. Army for several years with a one year tour of duty as an intelligence officer in Vietnam. Mr. Robinson was full time faculty from 2007-2014 at Northeastern University, serving as Distinguished Professor of Journalism. He has served as a visiting scholar or faculty member at several colleges, including Stanford University, among others.
Friday, April 8, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET
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This webinar is eligible for 1 CE credit
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