Free mental health workshops for journalists will launch this autumn as the news industry continues to face a “perfect storm” for wellbeing that began even before coronavirus hit.

It is hoped the online sessions will help advance the conversation about journalists’ mental wellbeing, which became a more widely acknowledged problem during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Former Ethical Journalism Network chief executive Hannah Storm has set up the Headlines Network with John Crowley, who last year co-authored a report about how journalists were coping during the pandemic.