Acting for the Dead
Living in a war-torn Bosnian village, actors in the award-winning film "Snow" shed light on the real-life process of recovery.
Living in a war-torn Bosnian village, actors in the award-winning film "Snow" shed light on the real-life process of recovery.
Being a mother with five children and a war-reporter husband means early lessons in violent conflict, world politics and the perils of freelance journalism.
Two British journalists who have spent decades reporting in Afghanistan discuss the current conflict and what the Western media is missing.
The BBC correspondent who witnessed the taking of Kabul in 1996 searches for an explanation of the Taliban in the history of a nation ruthless to its enemies but generous to its guests.
From the frontlines of a Taliban ambush to the sidelines of her child's football game, a war correspondent explains how she balances work and family.
"A picture has no meaning at all if it can't tell a story." Award-winning Finnish photographer Eetu Sillanpää explains his philosophy of visual journalism.
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 »
Today is the first day of Deutsche Welle's annual Global Media Forum. The theme is "Conflict Prevention in the Multimedia Age." The location, as usual, is Bonn, Germany. For those of us not in Bonn, there are a few ways to follow along. 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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