Telling the Hardest Stories
January 28, 2010
Winners and judges of the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma break down the process behind three exemplary stories.
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Broader Scope for Dart Awards
January 6, 2010
New criteria open the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma to the full spectrum of news media. The deadline for entries is January 29.
The Craft of Trauma Journalism
May 13, 2009
Winners of the 2009 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma discuss journalistic craft and answer questions in a panel discussion at Columbia University.
2009 Dart Award Winners Announced
April 17, 2009
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma: The Honolulu Advertiser, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland and Public Radio International's "The World."
2008 Dart Award Ceremony
June 24, 2008
Journalists from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, National Public Radio and WFCR speak and share excerpts from their winning work on video.
First-Person Narrative Goes "Beyond Rape"
June 15, 2008
The latest Narrative Digest from the Nieman Foundation of Journalism at Harvard University highlights one of the most remarkable narratives of any month. “Beyond Rape: A Survivor’s Journey” was published in a 16-page special section of the Cleveland Plain Dealer in May.
2008 Dart Award Panel
June 1, 2008
At the 2008 Dart Awards ceremony, honorees from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and NPR spoke in a panel discussion: "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Violence Against Women." Watch excerpts from that discussion.
Military Psychiatric Screening Lags
March 11, 2008
In the Hartford Courant, Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel report that, despite the Pentagon’s promises to the contrary, the military continues to refer a far smaller proportion of troops to mental-health professionals than actually have mental-health problems.
Dart Center Announces 2007 Ochberg Fellows
August 16, 2007
Reporting responsibly and credibly on violence and traumatic events — on crime, family violence, natural disasters and accidents, war and genocide — is among the greatest challenges facing contemporary journalism. The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship, now in its ninth year, was established by the Dart Center in order to better prepare journalists for this challenge.
Hidden in Plain Sight
May 18, 2007
From catastrophic physical injuries to the invisible wounds of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and depression, the Iraq war has exerted a heavy toll on hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. At a recent Dart Center event at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, four pioneers in reporting the human impact of the Iraq War discussed the challenges of reporting on these veterans.