Within hours of the February 2011 earthquake, Reid was staring down the barrel of the camera reporting live to a horrified nation.
The trauma of that day came at a significant personal cost, with Reid suffering from such severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the months to come that she couldn’t even walk to the letterbox.
In this interview with Media Chaplain Rev Frank Ritchie, Joy opens up about the impact that experience had on her reporting, her sense of failure, and how she wound up essentially discounting herself for the job of her dreams.
re_covering is a Media Chaplaincy New Zealand podcast series produced for RNZ by Love It Media.
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