Peer Support for Journalists

A video by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Dart Centre Australasia on how peer support programs help journalists deal with trauma.

 

Australasia Features

  • Fellowship News

    Applications Open for Ochberg Fellowships

    Mid-career journalists seeking to improve coverage of violent events are invited to apply by July 21 for the 2010 Ochberg Fellowships.

  • Speech

    Journalism: Reckoning with Aftershock

    Journalists must confront the psychological aftershocks of traumatic events both as news and as occupational hazards.

  • Tip Sheet

    Black Saturday: One Year Later

    As the anniversary of Australia's worst peacetime disaster approaches, expert guidance on how to reflect without retraumatising.

  • Announcement

    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.

  • Behind the Story

    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.

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Dart Blog Australasia

  • Mon, 07/12/2010 - 11:36am

    Dart Centre Australasia Inaugural Academic Fellow: Ian Richards

    Professor Ian Richards from the University of South Australia this year became the inaugural Dart Centre Australasia Academic Fellow. More »

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  • Wed, 06/16/2010 - 1:43pm

    Additional Chinese Language Content

    As we've mentioned before, the Dart Center Country Contact in Taiwan, Julia Hsu, has been working with her reseach team to translate some of the Dart Center's training materials. We are happy to make her translation of another online self-study unit available. Check out "Covering Terrorism," translated for traditional Chinese readers, especially in Taiwan. More »

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  • Thu, 12/03/2009 - 8:00am

    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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About Dart Centre Australasia

  • 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.

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