Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

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Announcement

Apply Now: Dart Center Newsroom Leadership Academy

We're pleased to announce our newest global training program aimed at newsroom managers, senior journalists and news executives responsible for leading coverage of trauma, crisis and disaster. This week-long program will take place July 9-14 2013 at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.

Dale Maharidge, Nick Turse and Bruce Shapiro spoke on a Dart Center-sponsored panel, "Good Wars, Bad Wars" at Columbia Journalism School.

Event Report

Good, Bad and Forever Wars

Dale Maharidge and Nick Turse, two dogged reporters whose new books unexpectedly carried them deep into the world of trauma and brain injury, participated in a Dart Center conversation that veered from collegial to chilling.

Donna DeCesare

Three-year-old Esperanza named her pigeon after her wheelchair-bound teenage uncle. He was shot by a rival gang member in a drive-by shooting. Taken in Watts, Los Angeles, 1994.

DeCesare: 20 Years On Gangs

For more than two decades, Donna DeCesare photographed gang members and their families in Central America and in refugee communities in the U.S. "Unsettled / Desasosiego" is her bilingual book, featuring those images and the stories of the people she followed. Documentary filmmaker and photographer Mimi Chakarova spoke to DeCesare about the work. With an excerpt from the foreword by Fred Ritchin, author and professor of photography and imaging at NYU.

Alan Chin

Exemplary Journalism

Bringing it Home: 2013 Dart Awards

On May 1, 2013, the Dart Center celebrated the 2013 Dart Awards winners and honorable mentions and presented a roundtable discussion. The conversation explored the story-behind-the-story, and drilled down on what's involved in undertaking hard-hitting, humane investigations of trauma and pursuing high-impact collaborations. Dart Foundation Vice President James Lammers and Dart Foundation Program Manager Claudia Deschaine presented the awards.

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Dave Cullen, Dart Center Ochberg Fellow and bestselling author of Columbine, reacts as Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro poses a question during a panel addressing the aftermath of tragedy. Looking on are (from right) Ochberg Fellow Beth Macy, the Roanake Times; Candice Kane, Chief Operating Officer, Cure Violence, Chicago; and Steven Marans, Professor, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine.

Event Report

Symposium: Sandy Hook and Beyond

Click here to watch all of the symposium panels. Click here to read the Live Blog from the event. Click here for program details.

The daylong symposium: Sandy Hook and Beyond: Breaking News, Trauma and Aftermath took place on Monday at Columbia University. Regional and national journalists were joined by community leaders, mental health experts, policy advocates and Sandy Hook families and shared perspectives, discussed lessons learned and pointed the way towards responsible news coverage going forward.

Photo: John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe via Getty

Boston police react to the explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon while a runner falls to the ground in the chaos.

Special Report

Boston Marathon Bombings: Coverage Resources

Chaos descended on Boston Monday as the city's storied Boston Marathon was rocked by two bombs near the finish line. As the facts emerge, journalists can draw on lessons drawn from other large-scale terrorism and disasters.

Charles Krupa / AP

Jeff Bauman, 27, was cheering on his girlfriend near the Boston Marathon finish line when the bomb blast tore off his right leg. The grisly image, blurred here, was cropped by most news outlets and caused controversy when other publications ran the unedited image.

Altered Lives: Boston's Wounded

“I know from personal experience what Jeff Bauman is likely to be going through,” writes BBC producer and Dart Center Ochberg Fellow Stuart Hughes.

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Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:44pm

Suicide Rates Climb; Misperceptions Remain

Two troubling reports were released this past week about climbing suicide rates, each of which point out misperceptions in the public's understanding. More »

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Thu, 05/16/2013 - 6:17am

Dart Academic Fellows and Norwegian Photographer Revisit Utoya

An informal breakfast gathering during the 2012 Dart Academic Fellowship last June resulted in a special focus on the Utoya massacre in this month's Journal of Media Ethics. More »

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Wed, 05/15/2013 - 1:50am

AsPac Fellowship: Day Two

As the 2013 Asia Pacific Fellowship continues in Bangkok, Fellows provided thumbnail sketches of their colleagues and faculty members. More »

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Mon, 05/13/2013 - 5:13pm

Asia Pacific Fellowship Opens

This year's Dart Centre Asia Pacific Fellows—16 journalists from 10 countries—assembled at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. More »

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