Emotional toll of reporting the refugee crisis surprises news organisations

Journalists more used to sharing the dangers of war zones are experiencing a different kind of fallout closer to home The harrowing reports from the frontline of the refugee crisis, beamed on to our TVs and printed by newspapers, have had a strong emotional impact on many people safe at home. Yet the organisations covering the crisis have been surprised by the emotional toll it has taken on reporters trying to tell the story. Counterintuitively, the very fact journalists are reporting from a pos...