Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

The Dart Center’s “Covering Immigrants and Refugees” workshop spanned two days in Philadelphia at WHYY studios during what Executive Director Bruce Shapiro called a “highly politically charged moment” in the debate on immigration policy and on a system one speaker called "a modern form of apartheid."

Dart Centre Europe Director Gavin Rees recently wrote for the BBC about the importance of taking account of trauma, not only for the well-being of journalists but the integrity of their work. The BBC hosted a day of workshops aimed at sharing expertise on working in hostiles environments, aimed particularly at freelancers.

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has announced recipients of the 2013 Ochberg Fellowships for journalists seeking to deepen their reporting of violence, conflict and tragedy. This year’s Fellows include outstanding mid-career journalists in all media, representing eight nations and five continents.

A powerful typhoon that may be the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in recorded history has hit the Philippines. The Dart Center has resources for journalists covering natural disaster.

As revolutions spread across the Middle East in 2011, Syrian American author and Dart Fellow Alia Malek decided to leave New York and move to Damascus, where her family had a home. In an interview with the Dart Center, she talks about the Syrian media, misunderstandings about the conflict, and living undercover. With photos by David Degner.