The Palestine Journalism Hub (PJH) has launched the Mental Health Resilience for Palestinian Journalists Program, a comprehensive initiative designed to provide specialized psychosocial support to journalists working in the West Bank and Gaza Strip amid the exceptional realities and demanding conditions of reporting in Palestine.
The program responds to the increasing psychological and professional challenges faced by Palestinian journalists, who continue to report while being repeatedly exposed to traumatic events, threats, fear, injuries, detention, displacement, and the loss of colleagues, loved ones, homes, and workplaces. These realities have significantly affected journalists’ mental well-being and their ability to continue their lives and fulfill their essential role as journalists and sources of information.
The Mental Health Resilience for Palestinian Journalists Program involves more than 200 journalists from across the West Bank and Gaza Strip and is implemented by mental health experts and specialists who also provide specialized individual support sessions for journalists requiring additional psychosocial care.
The program will be implemented from June to October 2026 and includes several phases aimed at strengthening journalists’ psychological and social resilience by providing safe spaces for expression, sharing experiences, fostering peer support networks, and equipping participants with practical tools and coping mechanisms to address work-related stress and trauma.
The program also includes a series of group psychosocial support workshops in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, covering topics such as Psychological First Aid (PFA), stress management, trauma awareness, and individual and collective resilience-building strategies.
The Palestine Journalism Hub emphasizes that protecting journalists and safeguarding their mental well-being constitute an essential part of protecting press freedom and ensuring the sustainability of journalism in Palestine.
*Those who document pain need someone to listen to theirs, too.
