The journalist from Duty Florence Morin-Martel is among those selected for one of the En-Tête prizes, which aim to reward journalists who have produced reports on mental health last year.
In an article published on February 27, the journalist discusses the preliminary results of a study, obtained exclusively by the daily, which show the high level of exhaustion of social workers in Quebec. To do this, she spoke with the main author of the study, professor at the University of Quebec in Outaouais Mélanie Bourque, who spoke of the important role that, according to her, the reform of the health network played. started in 2015 by former minister Gaétan Barrette on the workload and morale of social workers. Mylène Barbe, research professional and doctoral student in social work at the University of Montreal, for her part confided that several participants burst into tears during the study, a sign of the distress they experience on a daily basis.
Florence Morin-Martel thus finds herself among the three finalists for the En-Tête prize aimed at rewarding an article that addresses mental health at work. The two other journalists in the running are Ani-Rose Deschatelets, from the newspaper The rightand Marissa Groguhé, from the daily The Pressfor reports respectively on the working conditions of hardware store employees and on exhausted artists who canceled a tour last year to preserve their mental health.
Four journalists are also finalists for reports dealing with mental health among young people. The winners in these two categories will be revealed in March, but the prizes will be presented during a ceremony to take place in Montreal on April 17.
The Headlines Awards are managed by the Canadian Journalists Forum on Violence and Trauma, a charitable organization dedicated to the physical and emotional well-being of journalists.
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