Symposium: Between Hope & History: When Disaster Strikes
Seminar: Documenting Memories of Catastrophe
Ceremony: Quill Awards Dinner
Deadline: Academic Fellowships
A Family Deployment
Soldiers don't go into a war zone alone: their families share the experience. A Minnesota Public Radio reporter shares her story and explains the reporting behind it.
Features
The Ethics of Earthquake Coverage
Whether local or parachuting in, journalists covering the recent Chile quake face ethical, logistical and personal challenges.
Applications Open for Inaugural Academic Fellowships
Journalism educators seeking to improve coverage of violent events are invited to apply by March 29 for the inaugural Dart Center Academic Fellowship program.
Chile Disaster: Reporting Tools
For those covering the earthquake in Chile, the Dart Center has assembled relevant tip sheets, advice and reflection from journalists who have covered past catastrophes.
Dart Blog
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Wed, Mar 3 2010
A New Guide for Disaster Journalism in Latin America
Over the years, I have had the good fortune to work with journalists in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico: countries where the media are under fire for the watchdog role they perform. I have been awed by their powerful commitment to the profession and to the public they serve despite great personal risk. I always departed wishing I could do more. More »
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Fri, Feb 26 2010
What 'Precious' Means for Clinicians
The 82nd annual Academy Awards are coming up on March 7, and one of the films in the running, nominated for six Oscars, is "Precious." It's the story of a 16-year-old African-American girl living in Harlem who suffers physical, sexual and emotional abuse and is pregnant by her own father. It's the first film directed by an African-American to ever be nominated for best picture. It's also the first film in a long time to bring the issue of child sexual abuse to the forefront of the Academy Awards ceremony and the American imagination. More »
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Mon, Feb 22 2010
New Dart Fellowship Offers Training for Journalism Educators
No matter what the beat or medium, young journalists are almost certain to encounter human tragedy in the course of their work. But few student journalists are trained to recognize trauma and stress reactions in survivors, to make informed ethical choices about trauma news, or to deal with their own emotional reactions while on the job. With this in mind, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has established a new Academic Fellowship Program. More »
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The Ochberg Fellowships, helping journalists understand trauma.
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