Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Award Winners

• A Tormenting Problem: An Exploration of New-Age Bullying

  By Kevin Cullen, Jenna Russell, Sarah Schweitzer, Patricia Wen, Bill Greene, Suzanne Kreiter, Aram Boghosian, Kayana Szymczak, Joanne Rathe, Brendan Hoffman, Steven Wilmsen, and Lloyd Young

  This series, spurred by the suicide of a Massachusetts teenager, explores the phenomenon of bullying from every angle, including the experiences of victims and the adults and institutions charged with protecting them.  Originally published in the Boston Globe throughout 2010.

• Brain Wars: How the Military is Failing its Wounded

  

  By T. Christian Miller, Daniel Zwerdling, Susanne Reber, and Robin Fields

  This comprehensive multimedia investigation delves into the ramifications of the signature wound of today’s wars: traumatic brain injury (TBI). Originally published by ProPublica and NPR  in 2010.

• Seeking Justice for Campus Rapes

  By Joseph Shapiro, Robert Benincasa, Susanne Reber, Kristen Lombardi, Kristin Jones, David Donald, and Gordon Witkin

  This series combined far-reaching investigative reporting with powerful personal stories to expose a pattern in which college students found responsible for sexual assaults face little punishment, while their victims receive little help. Originally aired on NPR in February and March, 2010.

• Private Battles

  

  By David Tarrant, Sonya N. Hebert, Chris Wilkins, and Thomas Huang

  This five-part series documents military families struggling as their loved ones leave to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Originally published in the Dallas Morning News June through December, 2010.

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