For Researchers and Scholars:

For those studying the intersection of journalism and trauma, the Dart Center promotes trandisciplinary production and exchange of research and scholarship. The Dart Center helps journalists access this knowledge and use it to guide editorial and managerial choices. The Dart Center's research director is Elana Newman, McFarlin Professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa.

Features

  • In Depth

    Surviving 9/11

    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.

  • Announcement

    Evening Conversation: Witness to an Extreme Century

    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.

  • In Depth

    Reporting Riots in Real Time

    By Emily Bell

    Twitter streams built up a faster picture than London's news organizations could manage.

  • From the Academy

    New Tool for Journalism and Trauma Research

    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.

  • Into the Fray

    The Power of a Bully

    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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Programs

  • Publications

    Guidebooks and DVDs on best practices in covering trauma.

  • Training

    Specialized training and seminars for journalists and educators.

Gallery

The Burden of Memory

By John Trotter

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