In the Sichuan earthquake, a generation of Chinese journalists faced overwhelming death and devastation with little psychological preparation. A year later, they are still burying their pain.
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.
Mid-career journalists seeking to improve coverage of violent events are invited to apply by July 24th for the 2009 Ochberg Fellowships.
Caught between military occupation and separatist terrorism, a society that doesn't talk about mental health is desperate for psychiatrists, faith healers, medication — anything that could help heal "one of the most traumatized places on earth." A multimedia exclusive.
A newspaper editor gives a look behind the scenes at how journalists are coping with covering the aftermath of Australia's worst natural disaster.
Obscured by headlines of threatened Westerners and "India's 9/11" are ordinary Indians, coping with the all-too-familiar aftermath of November's terrorist attacks.
This weekend, New Zealand's Sunday Star Times carried a thoughtful article by Tim Hume on trauma as an under-discussed occupational hazard in journalism. The story's protagonist is Jim MacMillan, a Philadelphia photojournalist who found himself "virtually disabled" by what he calls his "psychological Waterloo": the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. More »
Yesteday's issue of The Australian carries the headline: "Crash Course in Dealing with Trauma." It's the story of journalist Mike Walter, an accidental firsthand witness to the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. More »
The newly formed Emergency Media and Public Affairs group in Australia held its annual conference in Melbourne, Australia May 24-26. Network Nine news reporter Brett McLeod, who produced Dart Centre Australasia’s "News Media and Trauma" DVD, and Ochberg Fellow Gary Tippet both represented the Dart Centre at different presentations at the two-day conference. More »
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