Kate Woodsome covered the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a journalist for The Washington Post. The experience reshaped her approach to reporting: Woodsome shifted her focus from documenting crisis to understanding how stress, trauma and burnout shape individuals, institutions and civic life.
Woodsome, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and founder of the Invisible Threads Impact Lab, will visit the University of Nevada, Reno on April 8 for a public lecture, entitled “The Nervous System of Democracy: Exploring Collective Trauma, Personal Resilience and Civic Renewal.” The talk will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the John Tulloch Business Building, Room 100. The lecture is free and open to the public.
In addition to the evening lecture, Woodsome will lead a workshop for faculty and staff called "How to Avoid Unintentional Harm in the Wake of Adversity" and a student workshop: "Stress-Smart Students: The Science of Resilience" at 2 p.m. at the Reynolds School of Journalism, room 304.
The visit is brought to campus by the Wellbeing in Higher Education Network and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
