Black Saturday: One Year Later
As the anniversary of Australia's worst peacetime disaster approaches, expert guidance on how to reflect without retraumatising.
Ceremony: Quill Awards Dinner
Australasia Features
First Asia Fellows Announced
Dart Centre Australasia has announced the 13 recipients of the inaugural Dart Asia Fellowships for editors and senior news gatherers throughout Southeast Asia.
Reckoning with the Khmer Rouge
Journalists covering the Khmer Rouge tribunal are learning how to confront painful and seldom discussed memories of the atrocities that devastated all of Cambodia.
Life and Death in Kashmir
Along the Line of Control that marks the border between India and Pakistan, a senior journalist's life is one nightmare after another.
Announcing the Dart Asia Fellowships
Senior journalists and editors in Asia seeking to improve coverage of violent events are invited to apply by Aug. 17 for the inaugural Dart Asia Fellowships.
Untold Aftershocks
A year after the Sichuan earthquake, Chinese journalists are still burying their pain.
Dart Blog Australasia
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Thu, Dec 3 2009
Shock and Resilience in Samoa
Mata’afa Kene Lesa woke up in heaven Sept. 19 and found himself in hell. When a tsunami struck Upolu, one of Western Samoa’s two main islands, Lesa – the editor of Samoa Observer – was one of the first local journalists to respond, racing to the affected area to be met by scenes of death and devastation. More »
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Mon, Nov 30 2009
Report: Bushfire Coverage Raises Ethics Questions
What has become known as the "Black Saturday Bushfires" is Australia’s worse natural disaster to date. On Feb. 7, 2009, temperatures of 46 degrees Celsius and winds of 100 km per hour created explosive firestorms with 1500 times the energy of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. More »
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Tue, Nov 3 2009
Tips for Staying Sane
"It just doesn't go out of the brain." Onscreen, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation editor described watching footage of a beheading in Iraq. At a brown bag lunch at the Columbia Journalism School on Oct. 30, students watched a DVD chronicling journalists' experiences covering traumatic stories, from accidents to terrorism, and then discussed how to manage such occupational stress with two of Australia's leading experts on the subject. More »
Sites We Like
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Media Watch
Media analysis and commentary from the ABC.
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Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Extending understanding, prevention and treatment of major stress and trauma.
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Media Pulih
Trauma recovery and psychosocial intervention non-profit in Indonesia.
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Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health
Trauma-related research, policy advice, service development and education.
About Dart Centre Australasia
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Dart Centre Australasia is a regional hub for media and trauma professionals and students who believe that effective reporting on violence matters. With permanent offices in Melbourne, Australia and training programs and other activities throughout the Asia Pacific, DCA works to promote discussion, develop training, and exchange specialist knowledge on the most challenging of media issues.
- Regional office
- Melbourne, AU
- Managing Director
- Cait McMahon
- Phone
- +61 (04) 1913 1947
- Postal Address
- P.O. Box 580, Elwood, VIC, 3184, Australia
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