Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Documenting Rape in War

By Judith Matloff

It takes a delicate awareness of cultural sensitivities and ethics to report on sexual violence without causing victims further distress or danger.

Reporting on Sexual Violence

Quick tips on covering sexual violence, from preparation to writing the story.

Seeking Justice for Campus Rapes

By Joseph Shapiro, Robert Benincasa, Susanne Reber, Kristen Lombardi, Kristin Jones, David Donald, and Gordon Witkin

This series combined far-reaching investigative reporting with powerful personal stories to expose a pattern in which college students found responsible for sexual assaults face little punishment, while their victims receive little help. Originally aired on NPR in February and March, 2010.

Brutalized, then Betrayed

By Joan Connell

Lara Logan suffered sexual battery in Cairo, then gender bigotry back home.

The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq

By Helen Benedict

A journalist and author tells a story almost no one wants to hear: sexual assault in the military. 

Hostages to Justice

By Jeff Seidel, Regina H. Boone, Rick Nease, David Zeman, Kathy Kieliszewski, Susan Hall-Balduf, Steve Anderson, and Jason Karas

This five-part series tells the story of female inmates of Michigan prisons as they endured years of sexual assault at the hands of guards. Originally published in January 2009 by the Detroit Free Press, received an honorable mention for the 2010 Dart Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Trauma.

Telling the Hardest Stories

By Stan Alcorn

Winners and judges of the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma break down the process behind  three exemplary stories.

Covering Campus Sexual Assault

By Bruce Shapiro

Center for Public Integrity staff writer Kristen Lombardi explains how she pierced the shroud of secrecy surrounding rape on college campuses.

Three Questions on Campus Rape

By Stan Alcorn

Kristen Lombardi, staff writer for the Center for Public Integrity, answers three questions about the knowledge, methods and ethics needed to report sexual assault on college campuses.

'Chosen' Confronts Abuse with Candor

By Gavin Rees

Brian Woods explains how he turned the testimony of three middle-aged men into a powerful documentary on sexual exploitation.