Media Chaplaincy New Zealand

If you find yourself needing support during this time, please know you’re not alone. 🤍 Reach out to trusted friends or safe people in your world 📞 Depression Helpline is available 24/7 — 0800 111 757 or text 4202 📞 Lifeline — 0800 543 354 🚨 In an emergency, call 111

We know that telling the story doesn’t make you immune to the weight of it. Media Chaplaincy is here whether you want to talk about the story or anything but the story. Simply leave us a message today through our website or via our DMs. Links in bio.

DON'T LET IT BE A SILENT NIGHT. This is a moment to reach out. 💙 If a friend, whānau member, colleague, or someone in your newsroom doesn’t seem themselves, or has recently walked through something tough, check in.

On this day of love, we're thinking of YOU 💙 Please slide into our DMs if you'd like to book in a chaplain coffee date. After all, we're a matcha made in heaven, we want you to ex-presso yourself, because you are tea-riffic! Ok, I'll stop now...

We are really feeling for everyone affected by proposed job cuts, both at TVNZ and community papers across the North Island. Difficult news at any time of year, but especially in the lead up to the holidays. Please don't hesitate to reach out. Our DMs are always open🩵

Thinking of everyone at TVNZ as you head into meetings today. We know there are feelings of anxiety, sadness and uncertainty around proposed strategic changes. Our DMs are always open if you need to chat 💙

It's Mental Health Awareness Week - finding community in a workplace can be significantly difficult. We have been supporting many people through this, especially as their teams change due to media cuts and shake-ups. 👉 Even in a newsroom or film set of people, many feel alone.

Join today's online workshop at noon: Mindful Work: Cultivating Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace Run by the team behind Mental Health Awareness Week. mhaw.nz/whats-on/online/mind…

☀️ This Thursday marks R U Ok Day - but we think this can be any day! ☀️ Do you have a feeling that someone you know or care about isn’t behaving as they normally would?👉 If they work in media, pass on our details and we would love to reach out and be a listening ear too.

We were incredibly stoked to have former journalist turned counsellor, Tommy Livingston, present a workshop with our chaplaincy team at our hui last week. ⁠ ⁠ Tommy brought so much perspective from his time as a court reporter in his workshop: Emotionally Flexible Chaplaincy.

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Loads of love to the team at the @WaitakiApp on the passing of journalist and former ODT cadet, Arrow Koehler ❤️‍🩹💙 They've posted a special tribute here: waitaki.app.link/l5MyylSm4Lb

"I am very familiar with the feelings of anxiety and panic in a newsroom. For this reason, it has been encouraging to see the response to weatherman, Nate Byrne, who experienced a panic attack live on air this week..." 🔗mediachaplaincy.nz/news/its-…

When Elesha Gordon opened up publicly about her workplace anxiety, she discovered many other journalists in the same boat. Now she's leading Media Chaplaincy, tackling burnout, trauma and stress in the industry. Listen to the interview here: rnz.co.nz/programmes/re_cove…