Calendar

Upcoming Events

  • Tuesday Feb 2 2010

    Briefing: Managing Haiti Coverage

    9:00 AM

    At the National Press Club in Washington D.C., a briefing for news managers about helping newsrooms stay resilient.

    Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro will conduct a briefing on what managers need to know about maintaining resilient news teams and addressing traumatic stress among journalists who are covering the Haitian disaster.

    Drawing on lessons learned in the aftermath of 9/11, Katrina and the 2004 tsunami, the briefing will address specific issues emerging from the coverage of Haiti as well as covering disasters in general, understanding traumatic stress, clarifying the role of newsroom leaders, peer support and counselors and how to plan for ongoing coverage.

    Details

    The briefing will last from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.

    Bloomberg Training Center
    National Press Club
    529 14th St. NW
    Washington D.C.

    Space is limited and reservations are required.  RSVP to Julia Schoo at  (202) 662-7523 or jschoo@press.org.

  • Monday Feb 8 2010

    Forum: War Reporters' Secret Lives

    5:30 PM

    At Columbia University in New York City, a conversation with Donald Margulies about his new play about a returning war correspondent couple.

    Time Stands Still, the acclaimed new Broadway play by Pulitzer-winning dramatist Donald Margulies, recounts how a war correspondent and a combat photographer face life together at home after a catastrophic assignment. In this free public forum — "The Secret Life of War Reporters: The Real-Life Dramas Behind Time Stands Still" — Margulies will discuss how war reporters reckon with news ethics, violence and the effect of combat on their domestic lives with award-winning journalists — and married couple — Emma Daly and Santiago Lyon.

    Panelists

    Donald Margulies, Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright and creator of Time Stands Still
    Santiago Lyon, director of photography at the Associated Press
    Emma Daly, communications director at Human Rights Watch; former correspondent for the Independent and The New York Times
    Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (moderator)

    Details

    The event will last from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

    Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
    World Room, 3rd Floor
    116th Street and Broadway
    New York, NY

    Please RSVP to Kate Black, associate director of programs for the Dart Center.

  • Friday Mar 19 2010

    Ceremony: Quill Awards Dinner

    6:30 PM

    At the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, Australia, a dinner honoring winners of the Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.

    Awards in 25 categories will be given to leading journalists in the state of Victoria, Australia, at a dinner with keynote speaker Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

    For more details, see the official website.