Lecture: Reporting on Violence & Aftermath

May 13, 2015
The University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam
Hong Kong, 44, China

Almost daily, we’re reminded the world is a dangerous place: earthquakes in Nepal, riots in Baltimore, the Islamic State in the Middle East, religious persecution in Myanmar. So how do today’s journalists tell the stories of our violent world in ways that are both relevant to us, regardless of where we live, but also move us to empathy rather than paralyzing us with despair? And how do they protect themselves while reporting on the frontlines and in contemplating what they’ve witnessed afterwards?

These tricky, but important questions will be discussed in an address by Bruce Shapiro, an award-winning journalist and Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.