SEPAR International psychotherapist consultant Zahra Juma has called on members of the public who are in the habit of bullying journalists online to instead develop a habit of seeking clarity on a story they feel misrepresented in. In an interview during the WAN-IFRA four-day safety training workshop in Lusaka, Wednesday, Juma said cyber bullying normally had short and long term effects adding that it could lead the victim into depression. “If you feel like you are not comfortable and you are feeling misinterpreted by the information you are hearing, if you have the capacity to reach out and clarify and getting more information before jumping the gun and taking things in your own hands without taking a step back and...

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