Covering Tragic Events: Victims, Community and Journalists

Tragic events with many victims, such as disasters, accidents, or violent acts, are news topics all over the world, and the public interest in such events is generally high. Through this study, centered around the question “How should media professionals report tragic events?”, we aim to identify methods by which journalists can find a balance between the emotional value of news stories regarding tragic events and information, pure, factual, indispensable to the public, without which he cannot gain a complete understanding of the event. We will focus on special categories of people, namely victims, survivors, and their relatives, on the reaction of the community and how is influenced by the media coverage of tragic events, but also on how the journalists who cover these events are affected.