Mental Health in Journalism Summit 2026
Stronger Together:
Building Systems of Care
ONLINE | 6–9 OCT
An open, collaborative, and global conversation about what care looks like when it's built into the structures of our journalism work.
Tickets and Call for Participation coming soon!
We remain committed to accessible pricing so our global community can join us, and our Summit agenda is co-created with that same community.
Stay tuned for updates on how you can pitch session ideas, propose speakers, or submit full proposals.
ONLINE
6-9 OCT
Stronger Together:
Building Systems of Care
Journalism has many times treated resilience as a personal responsibility. You cope, you adapt, and you carry on. But individual resilience only goes so far when the systems around us are under pressure too.
In its third edition, the Mental Health in Journalism Summit asks a different question: what does it look like when we build care into the structures of our work? “Stronger Together: Building Systems of Care” is about moving from surviving alone to creating the conditions and an infrastructure where journalists, editors, and media organizations can genuinely support one another.
Across four days of sessions, we'll explore what systemic care looks like in newsrooms, in freelance life, and in the communities of practice we build together.
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Discover what makes the Mental Health in Journalism Summit a unique global space for reflection, learning and connection across the journalism ecosystem.
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This year's format
The 2026 Summit runs across four days, October 6-9, and is designed in two parts.
The event will happen fully online to promote truly global accessibility.
- Oct 6–7: Participative Program
Targeted sessions for editors, HR teams, and more, alongside experiential workshops requiring separate registration. Attendance is by invitation or pre-registration.
Details coming soon
- Oct 8–9: Public Summit Program
Open sessions including keynotes, panels, case studies, and lightning talks across fewer parallel tracks. Attendance is open to registered participants.
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Why attend?
A global online space to learn, connect, and drive change
Learn from a global community
The Summit brings together practitioners, researchers, mental health professionals, and journalists from around the world to share what’s actually working.
Go beyond individual coping
This year’s program focuses on collective and structural approaches to mental health at work. Whether you’re a manager trying to support your team or a freelancer figuring out how to build your own support network, there’s something here for you.
Find your people
The Summit is a space to connect with others who take this work seriously. It’s where conversations that don’t happen enough in day-to-day newsroom life actually get to happen.
Help move the needle
Mental health in journalism is central to the future of the industry. By showing up, sharing your experience, and engaging with the research, you’re part of building it.
Who attends?
Managers & Editors · Newsroom Leaders · Reporters & Investigative Journalists · Freelancers · Fact-Checkers · Early-Career Journalists & Students · Journalism Educators & Trainers · Journalism Unions & Associations · Press Freedom & Safety Organizations · Mental Health Experts · HR & People Leads in Media
Whoever you are in this ecosystem, there's a place for you here.
The Summit in numbers
We’ve been hosting the summit annually online since 2024. Since then, the MHJS has built a truly global community of practice.
registrants from 141 countries
speakers from 66 countries
sessions in English & Spanish
partner & sponsor organizations
session recordings online
The agenda
Explore the Summit agenda
The Summit program will feature three days of sessions, conversations and workshops with speakers from across the global journalism ecosystem.
Get involved
- Call for Participation
Pitch session ideas, propose speakers, or submit full proposals.
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- Tickets
Announced in summer, with accessible pricing options. All sessions will happen online.
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- Past Summits
Missed 2024 or 2025? Watch the recordings on our Academy.
- Stay Updated
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Voices from the Community
Become a Sponsor or Partner
If you believe that truth-seeking and truth-telling are essential for strengthening democratic societies, then we need healthy media workers.
Partnering with the Mental Health in Journalism Summit is an opportunity to demonstrate your organization’s commitment to supporting journalists and improving the wellbeing of the global media ecosystem.
Sponsorships and partnerships also help keep the Summit accessible to participants worldwide.
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The Self-Investigation is registered as a nonprofit foundation in the Netherlands and operates globally.
As a nonprofit, we reinvest our knowledge, partnerships, and learning into community initiatives that expand access and accelerate change across sectors and regions.
Co-funded by:
The Fred Foundation was created in 1996 by Fred Matser, a leading Dutch philanthropist, humanitarian and philosopher.
The Fred Foundation supports social initiatives dedicated to living life in harmony – harmony with ourselves and each other, and with nature.
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