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Can We Inherit Mental Illness? with ABC News Journalist James Longman

Can We Inherit Mental Illness? with ABC News  Journalist James Longman

Elizabeth Oldfield speaks with ABC News journalist and foreign correspondent, James Longman. 29/01/2025

ABC Foreign Correspondent James Longman speaks to Elizabeth Oldfield about the emotional toll he faces as a journalist reporting from war zones, the challenges of being a gay journalist in dangerous regions abroad, and the intergenerational impact of mental illness within his own family.

 


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Elizabeth Oldfield

Elizabeth Oldfield

Elizabeth is host of The Sacred podcast. She was Theos’ Director from August 2011 – July 2021. She appears regularly in the media, including BBC One, Sky News, and the World Service, and writing in The Financial Times.

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Posted 29 January 2025

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