About me
Anthony Feinstein is a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto His
research relates to the study of journalists in conflict situations. He has published a series of seminal studies exploring the psychological effects of conflict on journalists covering the Balkans, the aftermath of the 9/11 attack on New York City, the Iraq War, Mexico, Syria, Kenya, Iran, Afghanistan, the refugee crisis in Europe and the COVID pandemic He has consulted to a number of news organizations including the Globe and Mail, CNN, the New York Times and Agence France Press.
Dr. Feinstein is the author of In Conflict (New Namibia Books, 1998), Dangerous Lives: War and the Men and Women Who Report It (Thomas Allen, Toronto 2003), Journalists Under Fire: the Psychological Hazards of Covering War (John Hopkins University Press, 2006), Battle Scarred (Tafelberg Press, 2011), Shooting War (G Editions, 2018) and, Moral Courage (G Editions, 2023).
In 2000-2001 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study mental health issues in post-apartheid Namibia. In 2012, he produced a documentary, “Under Fire” based on his research of journalists in war zones. It was longlisted for an Academy Award and won a Peabody Award.