Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

The Basics: What Every Reporter Needs to Know about IPV

By Stefanie Friedhoff

In this tipsheet building on the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Stefanie Friedhoff reviews essential background for reporting on IPV.

Resources: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence

The Dart Center presents videos, tipsheets and other resources from a two-day workshop in New York City to help journalists cover abuse within intimate relationships. Made possible by generous funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The Legwork: Where to Look, What Questions to Ask

By Stefanie Friedhoff

In this tipsheet building the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Stefanie Friedhoff reviews best practices for reporting.

When Subjects are Young, The Rules Change

By Stefanie Friedhoff

In this tipsheet, building on the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Stefanie Friedhoff reviews how to navigate the challenges of reporting on youth.

The Big Map: Outlining Narratives

By Stan Alcorn

Two sets of Dart Award-winning writers and editors describe how they tackled their complicated stories, and reveal a common secret weapon: a (large) paper outline.

2012 Dart Awards

The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms. The application deadline is January 19, 2012.

The Hurt In Their Eyes

By Stan Alcorn

St. Petersburg Times photographer Edmund Fountain talks about his Dart Award-winning portraits of men whose lives are still shaped, up to 50 years later, by the brutal abuse they suffered at the Florida School for Boys.

Workshop: Reporting on Youth Violence

Even as crime rates hit record lows in cities across the country, gun homicides, gang violence and dating abuse among young people remain stunningly high. The Dart Center presents a two-day workshop to help journalists and news organizations in the Philadelphia area cover this critical public health issue.

Hacking Scandal Returns: Should Journos Care?

By Joe Hight

The NewsCorp phone-hacking scandal is generating new headlines, with allegations that CEO James Murdoch knew more than he testified last month. Does the controversy have wider implications for journalists?

Covering Hurricanes: Before, During and After the Storm

By John Pope

On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, lessons from a newsroom that anticipates disaster every summer.