Features for Researchers and Scholars
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By Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. and Charles B. Strozier
This tenth anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, for all its potential to reawaken a painful past, also moves personal loss into collective historical memory. That can be a painful process but also offers a moment for reflection and the creation of new meanings.
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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.
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By Emily Bell
Twitter streams built up a faster picture than London's news organizations could manage.
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From the Academy
Oct 31 2010
By Stan Alcorn
With the launch of the Dart Research Database, journalists, clinicians, scholars and mental health researchers have a new tool to keep current with scholarly work on the intersection of journalism and human tragedy.
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Into the Fray
Oct 14 2010
By Bruce Shapiro
When treading the fragile landscape of teen suicide, empathic, scientifically grounded reporting can save lives. So why are some journalists getting the bullying and suicide story so wrong?
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Journalists and trauma experts from throughout the Americas discuss how to meet the special challenges faced in reporting violence and remaining resilient.
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From the Academy
Jun 29 2007
By Gavin Rees
Nearly every journalist in the course of their career will interview people who have experienced significant trauma. But how many receive any training for the task? This article describes how role-playing traumatic incidents might give student journalists valuable insight and hone crucial interviewing skills.
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From the Academy
Mar 1 2006
By Christina Cantrell and Elana Newman
An overview of current research on the short- and long-term impacts of media coverage of tragedy on children, as well as aggravating risk factors and suggestions for future research.
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By Meg Spratt
Betty Pfefferbaum, winner of the first ISTSS Frank Ochberg Award for Research in Trauma and the Media, discusses what journalists can learn from her research.
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From the Academy
May 9 2003
By Roger Simpson
When domestic violence causes the death of one or both of the people in a relationship, the local media spotlight usually picks up the tragedy. But the reporting usually reveals little about the painful history that preceded the violence.
