Paling tepat ya menjadi manusia yang profesional. Apapun pekerjaannya bakal dijalani dengan profesional, dan bukan secara profesi.
--- holy uncle <holyuncle@...> wrote: > Former Age photographer sues over Bali trauma > By court reporter Sarah Farnsworth > > A Melbourne court has heard a Walkley-winning photojournalist's > life unravelled after she covered the first anniversary of the 2002 > Bali bombings. > > The Age newspaper is being sued for an estimated $1 million in loss > of earnings after the woman, who cannot be identified, mentally > unravelled. > > The flagship newspaper is being accused of failing to provide a > safe workplace and breaching its duty of care. > > The Victorian Supreme Court heard the woman was a trailblazer in > her field and highly esteemed by her colleagues. > > "She typified a professional," her brother said. > > "She lived for her job and was never without a camera." > > The court was told that all that changed when the photographer's > mental health started to deteriorate after working on a series of > 21 stories on the anniversary of the Bali bombings. > > She was greatly affected by the grieving families who had lost > people in the terror attack, the court heard, and that over a > period of four years, her psychological health deteriorated. > > She now suffers from post traumatic stress, anxiety and extreme > depression. > > Her lawyer argued the work of journalists exposes them to a risk of > psychological trauma similar to that experienced by police and > paramedics. > > He said journalists were taught to be above the story, not to get > emotional or react. > > "You've got to be tough," he told the court. > > "You've got to get on with it." > > 'Not coping' > The court heard staff did not seek help for fear of being deemed > unprofessional and that their normal coping mechanism was to drink > excessively. > > The plaintiff's lawyer claims The Age failed to notice the > once-vibrant, passionate woman was not coping. > > Her lawyer also said the company failed to act when a colleague she > had worked closely with on the stories committed suicide. > > It is claimed the newspaper should have known of the risks > associated with coverage of disasters and should have had a "best- > practice peer support system" in place. > > The court heard similar systems were used by the BBC and the ABC. > > The judge was told a request by the photographer for help to pay > for counselling was ignored. > > Her transfer to the paper's Sunday addition saw her return to cover > upsetting and stressful stories. > > Following a successful career spanning 20 years, the > photojournalist was sacked in 2007 after she spent two years off > sick on WorkCover. > > Lawyers for The Age told the court that at the time, the paper was > at the forefront of staff care and had an employees assistance > program in place. > > The paper denies any breach of duty of care. > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-19/f ... ma/4380042 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
