Workshop: Covering Violence in Latin America

Update: Read about and listen to audio from this past event: Covering Trauma in Latin America.

This workshop, “Covering Violence: Trauma and Journalism in Latin America,” will bring together 16 journalists from across Latin America along with leading mental health practitioners and trauma clinicians to address the special challenges faced in covering violence in Latin America — from war and civil conflict to humanitarian disasters, criminal violence and domestic abuse. The workshop will illuminate the impact of psychological trauma on journalists and the individuals and communities they cover; provide practical training in improving coverage of victims; and explore how news organizations in Latin America can encourage resilience in the face of continuing violence and threats.

This workshop is being organized by The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and the Maria Moors Cabot Prize Program, and sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. It will take place on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14.