IN 2025, ROUGHLY 28% OF US-BASED JOURNALISTS REPORTED RECEIVING LEGAL THREATS OR ACTIONS IN CONNECTION TO THEIR WORK.
IN 2025, ABOUT 24% OF JOURNALISTS REPORTED EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHILE REPORTING.
NEARLY 90% OF VISUAL JOURNALISTS REPORTED FEELING SOMETIMES OR ALWAYS OVERWHELMED BY THEIR WORK.
NEARLY 80% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED BURNOUT OR CHRONIC STRESS.
IN 2025, ROUGHLY 28% OF US-BASED JOURNALISTS REPORTED RECEIVING LEGAL THREATS OR ACTIONS IN CONNECTION TO THEIR WORK.
IN 2025, ABOUT 24% OF JOURNALISTS REPORTED EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHILE REPORTING.
NEARLY 90% OF VISUAL JOURNALISTS REPORTED FEELING SOMETIMES OR ALWAYS OVERWHELMED BY THEIR WORK.
NEARLY 80% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED BURNOUT OR CHRONIC STRESS.
IN 2025, ROUGHLY 28% OF US-BASED JOURNALISTS REPORTED RECEIVING LEGAL THREATS OR ACTIONS IN CONNECTION TO THEIR WORK.
IN 2025, ABOUT 24% OF JOURNALISTS REPORTED EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHILE REPORTING.
NEARLY 90% OF VISUAL JOURNALISTS REPORTED FEELING SOMETIMES OR ALWAYS OVERWHELMED BY THEIR WORK.
NEARLY 80% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED BURNOUT OR CHRONIC STRESS.
IN 2025, ROUGHLY 28% OF US-BASED JOURNALISTS REPORTED RECEIVING LEGAL THREATS OR ACTIONS IN CONNECTION TO THEIR WORK.
IN 2025, ABOUT 24% OF JOURNALISTS REPORTED EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHILE REPORTING.
NEARLY 90% OF VISUAL JOURNALISTS REPORTED FEELING SOMETIMES OR ALWAYS OVERWHELMED BY THEIR WORK.
NEARLY 80% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED BURNOUT OR CHRONIC STRESS.

Discover REPORTING WITH RESILIENCE

Designed for small newsrooms, freelancers, and student newsrooms, Reporting with Resilience provides real-world tools and case studies to help journalists prepare for, withstand, and recover from the risks of their work.

What is Reporting with Resilience?

Reporting with Resilience puts mental health at the core of safety, offering a holistic approach that spans emotional, digital, legal, reputational, and physical wellbeing. Designed for small newsrooms, freelancers, and student newsrooms, Reporting with Resilience provides real-world tools and case studies to help journalists prepare for, withstand, and recover from the risks of their work. 

Why safety?

Journalism safety matters because protecting media workers is protecting truth itself. 

Why center emotional well-being? 

Because without mental resilience, truth-telling can’t be sustained. 

Who are we?

Reporting with Resilience is an initiative of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, with the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

American journalist James Foley covering the civil war in Aleppo, Syria, November 2012. (Image courtesy Nicole Tung)

Burnout

Journalists should understand burnout because it affects not only their own health but also the quality, ethics, and sustainability of their work. 

Microdosing your mental health

The goal is not to diagnose, fix, or force disclosure. The goal is to create opportunities for conversation, connection, and support before stress becomes overwhelming.