Witness: Classroom Guide
A guide to help educators use photojournalist Donna DeCesare's Dart Media presentation, "Witnessing and Picturing Violence," to teach ethical reporting.
Features
Covering School Shootings
Student journalists and advisers from Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University show how they reported on mass-casualty attacks on their campuses. Video, timelines and tip sheets for student journalists and educators.
Covering Teen Suicide
Suicide is a leading cause of teenage deaths, but is often treated as a journalistic taboo. Reporters and researchers break down the complicated ethical issues reporters must face to get the story right.
Preparing Journalists for Emotions
A journalism educator tells the personal story of why she works to prepare journalists for the unique challenges of covering traumatic events.
Teaching Trauma Through Case Studies
A professor of journalism at Indiana University offers two sample assignments that teach concepts related to victims and trauma by engaging students' interest in real-world reporting.
Teaching the Breaking News Story
An educator describes how he incorporated a grisly murder in his community into an upper-level journalism course.
Programs
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Publications
Guidebooks and DVDs on best practices in covering trauma.
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Training
Specialized training and seminars for journalists and educators.
Request Publications
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Reporting War
Recommendations for meeting the emotional challenges of covering war, from a group of seasoned veterans.
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Covering Children & Trauma
When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity.
Resources
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Covering Violence
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Journalism and Psychological Trauma
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Seminar: Victims and the Media
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Training Steps
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Self-Study Unit 1: Journalism & Trauma
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Self-Study Unit 2: Covering Terrorism
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Self-Study Unit 3: Photography & Trauma
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Self-Study Unit 4: The First 24 Hours
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Covering Columbine
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News Media and Trauma
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Children and Media Coverage of Trauma
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Covering Trauma: Impact on Journalists
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Covering Trauma: Impact on the Public
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How News is "Framed"
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The Effect of News "Frames"
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Violence: Comparing Reporting and Reality