Friday, October 21, 2011
8:30 - 9:00am Welcome and Overview
Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Arlene Notoro Morgan, Associate Dean for Prizes and Programs,
Columbia Journalism School
Kristin Schubert, M.P.H., Program Officer and Interim Director, Public Health Group,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
9:00 - 9:45am Participant Roundtable
Journalist participants will have one minute for introductions and brief mention of areas
of interest concerning intimate partner violence
9:45 - 10:00am Break
10:00 - 11:30am Opening Plenary: Out of the Shadows:
Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Historically, Socially, Culturally and from a Public Health Perspective
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
Jimmie Briggs, Journalist, Author, Founder, Man Up Campaign, New York, NY
Ann Jones, Ph.D., Writer, Author, “Women Who Kill,” Oslo, Norway
Emily Rothman, Sc.D., Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Esta Soler, President, Futures Without Violence, San Francisco, CA
11:30am – 12:00pm Lunch
12:00 – 12:45pm Conversation: Violence, Tragedy and the Role of Media
Interviewer: Sacha Pfeiffer, Reporter, WBUR, Boston, MA
Malcolm Astley, Ed.D., Educator and father of Lauren Astley, Wayland, MA
12:45 – 1:00pm Break
1:00 - 2:10pm Plenary: Intimate Partner Violence and Special Populations
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
Stephanie Nilva, Esq., Executive Director, Day One, New York, NY
Sharon Stapel, Esq., Executive Director, New York City Anti-Violence Project
Mieko Yoshihama, Ph.D., Professor, University of Michigan School of Social Work
2:10 - 2:15pm Break
2:15 - 3:05pm Plenary: Battered Women and Children:
Research, Resilience & Models of Response
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
Susan Herman, J.D. Professor of Law, Pace University, New York, NY
Janice Humphreys, Ph.D, RN, NP, Professor, University of California, San Francisco
3:05 – 3:15pm Break
3:15 - 4:15pm Research Briefing: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACEs),
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presenter: Robert Anda, M.D., Senior Scientific Consultant, Centers for Disease
Control, Fayetteville, GA
Respondent: John Pope, CDC fellow and Metro Reporter, The Times-Picayune,
New Orleans
4:15 - 4:30pm Stroll to Columbia Journalism School, 116th & Broadway
4:30 - 5:30pm Speed Networking: Developing Sources, Developing Stories
Representatives from prevention, education, advocacy and direct service organizations
working on intimate partner violence in New York City will participate in a structured
networking session to discuss their programs and initiatives and convey what reporters
need to know about covering intimate partner violence across a spectrum communities.
Facilitator: Kate Black, Associate Director for Programs, Dart Center
5:30 - 7:00pm Reception
Saturday, October 22, 2011
9:00 - 10:00am Keynote Conversation: Reporting on Violence Cross-Culturally
Maria Hinojosa, Host, WGBH “One-on-One,” NPR “Latino USA”
10:00 – 10:15am Break
10:15 – 11:45am Reporting on Adolescents: Intimacy, Violence and Life
Jan Hoffman, Staff Writer, The New York Times
11:45 – 12:00pm Lunch
12:00 – 1:15pm Keynote Conversation: Out of the Shadows, Into the Light:
30 years covering intimate partner violence
Ann Jones, Ph.D., Writer, Photographer, “Women Who Kill” in conversation with
Donna Ferrato, Photographer, “Living with the Enemy”, Founder, Abuse Aware
1:15 – 1:30pm Break
1:30 – 2:45pm High Impact Local Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence:
Case studies from across the country
Moderator: Rita Henley Jensen, Editor-in-Chief, Women’s e-News
Rachel Dissell, Reporter, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
Arnessa Garrett, Assistant Metro Editor, The Dallas Morning News
Rob Perez, Reporter, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
2:45 - 3:00pm Break
3:00 – 3:45pm Story Clinics
- Cross-Cultural Reporting with Rob Perez
- Visual Storytelling with Donna Ferrato
- Reporting in Rural Communities with Arnessa Garrett
- Reporting on Teens with Rachel Dissell
3:45 – 4:00pm Break
4:00 – 5:00pm Ethics and Practice: What every reporter should know when interviewing victims
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
Elaine Korry, Correspondent, NPR, San Francisco, CA
Kristen Lombardi, 2011 Nieman Fellow, Center for Public Integrity
Sacha Pfeiffer, Reporter, WBUR, Boston, MA
5:00 – 5:30pm Closing Reflections
Request Publications
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Tragedies & Journalists
A 40-page guide to help journalists, photojournalists and editors report on violence while protecting both victims and themselves.
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Covering Children & Trauma
When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity.