%0 Journal Article
%T Career counselling strategies to enhance the vocational wellness of journalists
%A Charles P Chen
%A Madia Javid-Yazdi
%J Australian Journal of Career Development
%@ 2200-6974
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1038416218790239
%X The journalism industry and particularly the professionals it employs are facing considerable amounts of stress and tension in a living world that is now entangled by many issues and challenges. As a result, making a career in the realm of journalism has brought unique issues that can have a vital impact on the vocational well-being of journalists. This article examines the contributing factors ¨C in particular, emotional distress, unfavourable working conditions, and a poor balance between work and life ¨C which are putting the career well-being of journalists in jeopardy. It also provides recommendations for how career counsellors, who are directed by key tenants from career development theoretical approaches, can utilize counselling interventions to address the issues affecting the career well-being of journalists
%K Career wellness
%K journalists
%K counselling interventions
%K narrative career theory
%K social learning theory
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1038416218790239