Workshop: When Soldiers Come Home

To help local and regional news organizations in Oklahoma improve their coverage of veterans' issues, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and the Research Office at the University of Tulsa have organized a workshop which will:

- Improve journalists’ knowledge of issues such as access to health care, education and employment, post-traumatic stress disorder, female combat veterans, suicide and the impact of military service on children and families

- Confront challenges and identify opportunities that exist for local journalists and news organizations pursuing these stories with limited resources

- Provide practical tools to enable journalists to successfully produce ethical stories that address the challenges facing returning veterans

The workshop will be led by Daniel Zwerdling, an award-winning correspondent for NPR and Elana Newman, Research Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and Professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa.

Workshop participants are welcome to the larger conference, “Silent Wounds of War: Addressing the Needs of Returning Veterans,” taking place October 28 and 29 at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Tulsa, OK. For information about that conference, go to the website.

DETAILS

Friday, October 29th, 2010
9:00am – 12:00pm
Downtown Doubletree Hotel
616 West 7th Street
Tulsa, OK

The workshop is free of charge but advanced registration is required. To register, please contact Darla Graves at (918) 699-4292 or [email protected].