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Lessons from the Love Parade

By Petra Tabeling

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.

 

Europe Features

  • Fellowship News

    Announcing the 2010 Ochberg Fellows

    Ten journalists from around the world have been awarded Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships.

  • In Depth

    Beyond Bloody Sunday

    In the wake of a landmark report about Bloody Sunday, one journalist's reflections on Northern Ireland's past and future.

  • Event Report

    Witnessing the Human Cost of Climate Change

    By Petra Tabeling and Gavin Rees

    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.

  • Event Transcript

    Close to Home: Reporting Local Disasters

    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.

  • In Depth

    Cumbria Shootings: Making Sense of the Senseless

    By Gavin Rees

    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.

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  • Mon, 02/22/2010 - 1:48pm

    New Dart Fellowship Offers Training for Journalism Educators

    By Joan Connell

    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 »

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  • Fri, 12/04/2009 - 10:39am

    Four Lessons on School Shootings

    By Meg Moritz

    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 »

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  • Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:16am

    New Online Resource for Finnish Journalists

    By Stan Alcorn

    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 »

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About Dart Centre Europe

  • 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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