Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Reporting on Veterans: Getting Past Stereotype

By Jim MacMillan

Tips for journalists covering veterans, from finding a veteran willing to talk, to producing the final story.

The Things They Carry: Veterans' Top Challenges

By Jim MacMillan

An overview of the issues faced by returning service members from a journalist and educator.

Navigating the VA

By Paul Sullivan

Veterans Affairs is an intimidating bureacracy for journalists; the Executive Director of Veterans for Common Sense gives a run-down of essential reporting resources.

Thirteen Tips for Interviewing Veterans

By Kelly Kennedy

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

Brain Wars: How the Military is Failing its Wounded

By T. Christian Miller, Daniel Zwerdling, Susanne Reber, and Robin Fields

This comprehensive multimedia investigation delves into the ramifications of the signature wound of today’s wars: traumatic brain injury (TBI). Originally published by ProPublica and NPR  in 2010.

Private Battles

By David Tarrant, Sonya N. Hebert, Chris Wilkins, and Thomas Huang

This five-part series documents military families struggling as their loved ones leave to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Originally published in the Dallas Morning News June through December, 2010.

Philadelphia Workshop on Veterans Targets Regional Journalists

A workshop for journalists on the coverage of veterans' issues, sponsored by the Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health, takes place April 1 and 2 in Philadelphia. 

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. 

21st Century War: What Journalists Need to Know

By Stan Alcorn

Researchers, clinicians and a retired Marine talk about how multiple deployments and the threat of grievous physical and psychological injury make it difficult for a veteran to make the journey home; part of Dart's Videos on Veterans series. 

Women in War and Combat

By Stan Alcorn

More women are in the military than ever before, and they want journalists to get their stories right.