Lessons from the Love Parade
A stampede at Germany's long-running techno-music festival left 21 dead and hundreds injured. In the aftermath, some journalists faced official criticism for sensationalizing the tragedy.
A stampede at Germany's long-running techno-music festival left 21 dead and hundreds injured. In the aftermath, some journalists faced official criticism for sensationalizing the tragedy.
Ten journalists from around the world have been awarded Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships.
In the wake of a landmark report about Bloody Sunday, one journalist's reflections on Northern Ireland's past and future.
At the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum conference June 21-23 in Bonn, Germany, more than 1500 delegates from 95 countries discussed the challenges of reporting climate change. A Dart Centre Europe panel looked at the human consequences of environmental disaster.
At the Deutsche Welle Global Media conference in Bonn June 21-23, a Dart Centre Europe-moderated panel, "Witnessing the Human Cost of Climate Change," explored what it takes for local journalists to report on environmental disasters when they have hit their own communities. Part of that discussion focussed on how these reporters can leverage their own local knowledge and empathy to correct unsubstantiated rumour and misreporting. Here is an edited transcript of that section.
A mass shooting in Britain leads a wounded community to wonder why. The director of Dart Centre Europe reflects on the story and offers resources for journalists.
No matter what the beat or medium, young journalists are almost certain to encounter human tragedy in the course of their work. But few student journalists are trained to recognize trauma and stress reactions in survivors, to make informed ethical choices about trauma news, or to deal with their own emotional reactions while on the job. With this in mind, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has established a new Academic Fellowship Program. More »
Dark, cold, grey, brooding Helsinki. This was the backdrop for Violence in the Networked Society, an international conference hosted by University of Helsinki’s Communication Research Center on Nov. 6 and 7, 2009. It was a particularly poignant setting, because in 2007 and again in 2008 Finland was the site of school shootings that together left 18 students murdered. In this highly literate and socially conscious society, the sense of communal grief was profound — a national trauma. More »
Finnish speaking journalists who cover violence and trauma have a new page to bookmark: the official website for the Dart Center Finnish Network. Country Contact Klas Backholm, a journalism and trauma researcher, will be maintaining the page, which already contains tip sheets, interviews and research findings. More »
Clinical research on traumatic stress.
Physical safety resources for journalists.
Local news from societies in transition.
A Dart Centre curriculum development partner.
Analysis of the origins of conflict.
Intellectual debate from around Europe.
Resources on ethics in the media.
News from around the world.
Dart Centre Europe is a regional hub for journalists and filmmakers who believe that effective reporting on violence and trauma matters. With permanent offices in London and Cologne and volunteer networks of journalists, educators, researchers and clinicians throughout Europe and beyond, DCE works to promote discussion, develop training, and exchange specialist knowledge on the most challenging of media issues.

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