Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Applications Open for 2012 Dart Academic Fellowships

The fellowship program, running from June 27 though June 30, provides up to 12 college and university journalism educators with three days of seminars, training and discussion, as well as financial support for innovative curriculum development. 

Evening Conversation: Witness to an Extreme Century

On September 14, 2011, at the Columbia Journalism School in New York City, the Dart Center will host an evening event with renowned psychiatrist and public intellectual Robert Jay Lifton.

Thirteen Tips for Interviewing Veterans

By Kelly Kennedy

Ochberg Fellow Kelly Kennedy runs through things to remember when covering returning service members.

Border Journalism Educators Form Coalition

Journalism educators at campuses near the U.S.-Mexico border have teamed up to create the Border Journalism Network (BJN)/La Red de Periodismo de la Frontera.

2011 Dart Academic Fellows Named

Fourteen journalism educators from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Australia will gather at Columbia University in June for intensive training on teaching accurate, ethical, and sensitive coverage of tragedy.

Beyond the Border: The Teachers' View

By Brittany Birkett

Yvonne Latty of New York University and Celeste González de Bustamante at the University of Arizona developed an innovative way to journalism students hands-on experience covering immigrant issues. Here's how they did it.

Beyond the Border

By Meg Spratt

Journalism students in Arizona and New York trade places, traveling to Manhattan and the U.S.-Mexico border to explore immigrant issues with sensitivity and depth.

How to Interview Veterans

By Stan Alcorn

Journalists interviewing service members returning from war need the standard skills of humility and empathy – but they also need to do their homework. In this video from Dart's Videos on Veterans series, journalists, a clinician and a retired Marine explain how it's done.

Dave Philipps: Investigating Veteran Homicides

By Stan Alcorn

A reporter explains how he went from covering powder skiiing to telling the story of a brigade with a murder rate 20 times the national average – and the even more startling story of what they faced in Iraq.

Witness: A Classroom Guide

By Meg Spratt

A guide to help educators use photojournalist Donna DeCesare's Dart Media presentation, "Witnessing and Picturing Violence," to teach ethical reporting.