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The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor the most sensitive, thoughtful and ethical reporting on survivors of traumatic events.

Features

  • 2012 Dart Award Winners Named

    This year's winners of the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma: The New York Times, for the series “Punched Out: The Life and Death of a Hockey Enforcer," and WNYC Radio, for its documentary “Living 9/11.” Judges also named three Honorable Mentions and seven finalists. The Dart Awards recognize reporting that portrays traumatic events with accuracy, insight and sensitivity while illuminating the effects of violence and tragedy on victims’ lives.

  • 2012 Dart Awards

    The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms. The application deadline is January 19, 2012.

  • 2011 Dart Awards Complete Archive

    From the text, audio and images of the winning stories to the award winners' panel discussion on reporting challenges, everything related to the 2011 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.

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Award Lessons

  • The Big Map: Outlining Narratives

    Two sets of Dart Award-winning writers and editors describe how they tackled their complicated stories, and reveal a common secret weapon: a (large) paper outline.

  • Telling the Hardest Stories

    Winners and judges of the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma break down the process behind  three exemplary stories.

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Award Winners

  • Living 9/11

    By Marianne McCune, Emily Botein, Karen Frillmann, Chris Bannon, Courtney Stein, Sanda Htyte, Kaari Pitkin, Eric Leinung, Jillian Suarez, Erin Reeg, Norhan Basuni, John Ellis, Fred Mogul, Beth Fertig, Andy Lanset, Paul Schneider, and Jim Briggs III

    This radio special uses a mix of archival recordings and interviews with dozens of ordinary people to help listeners understand the emotional impact of the traumatic event, ten years later. Originally broadcast by WNYC and presented by PRX in August, 2011.

  • Punched Out

    By John Branch, Josh Williams, Marcus Yam, and Shayla Harris

    Over six months, The New York Times examined the life and death of the professional hockey player Derek Boogaard, who rose to fame as one of the sport's most feared fighters before dying at age 28.  Originally published in the New York Times in December, 2011.

  • 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.

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