Neuropsychiatrist wins award

Sunnybrook neuropsychiatrist Dr. Anthony Feinstein recently won a prestigious Peabody Award for powerfully capturing the psychological cost of covering war in his documentary Under Fire: Journalists in Combat.

"We are most proud of Anthony for this truly outstanding achievement," says Dr. Ari Zaretsky, chief of psychiatry at Sunnybrook, who describes Dr. Feinstein as the department's "renaissance psychiatrist" and a "uniquely gifted and inquisitive academic neuropsychiatrist."  

Feinstein will be presented with the award at a gala on May 20 in New York City. The Peabody Awards, the oldest awards in broadcasting, are considered among the most prestigious and selective prizes in electronic media. The Peabodys recognize excellence and meritorious work by radio and television stations, networks, webcasters, producing organizations and individuals.

Dr. Feinstein’s film was also short-listed for a 2012 Academy Award nomination.

The 16-member Peabody Board makes its selections following review by special screening committees of University of Georgia faculty, students and staff. Out of 1,000 entries, there are on average only 25 to 35 Peabody Award winners chosen annually.

A professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Dr. Feinstein's research interests span the depth and breadth of psychiatry. He is publishing seminal research on the neuropsychiatric aspects of multiple sclerosis while at the same time investigating the previously unrecognized mental health morbidity of journalists, who because of their work are routinely exposed to severely traumatic events.

Learn more about the documentary by clicking here: Under Fire: Journalists in Combat.

For more information on the film and where it is distributed, please visit underfirejournalistsincombat.webs.com.