Workshop: When Disaster Strikes

School shootings, child abduction, torture and murder are all examples of personal tragedies that make for important and compelling public news. But how does one approach the private grief of a victim without unnecessarily adding to the distress? And, when returning to the story, months or even years later, how does one insightfully and safely re-open the past?

This workshop, organised by Dart Centre Europe, the School of Journalism at Oslo University College and the Norwegian Union of Journalists, will look at the challenges and continuing impact of reporting in the midst of crisis. Participants will include journalists who reported on the school shootings in Finland and Germany, experts in the psychology of disaster situations and journalists who have investigated the aftermath of historical trauma.

This workshop immediately precedes ECOTS, the biannual conference of the European Traumatic Stress Society. 

Speakers include:

Cecilia Thylin, reporter from the Finnish regional newspaper, Vasabladet
Gabriele Renz, editor on the German daily newspaper, Südkurier
Gavin Rees, Dart Centre Europe
Dr. Per-Olof Michel, National Centrer for Disaster Psychiatry, Sweden
Dr. Nora Sveaass, United Nations Committee against Torture
Harald Henden, photojournalist 

Details

Workshop from 9 am - 1 pm. Registration begins at 8:30 am.

Hosted by the School of Journalism at Oslo University College, Pilestredet 48 (building P48), Oslo. 

Free admission. Seating is limited; interested journalists and students must apply for a place.

Apply now. (See application form at the bottom of the page.)