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Behind the Story

Jun 10 2004

Even Without Malice, Errors Still Hurt

A Journalist Recalls the Reporting of Her Daughter's Death

By Jenny Wishart

Reporters may have felt they didn’t want to intrude, but far from a closed and hushed house between Sheona’s death and her funeral, it was literally an open house.
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First Dead Body

By Peter Drought

A fellow camera operator at work came to me the other day and told me he had just seen, and then filmed, his first dead body.

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Tragedies & Journalists

A 40-page guide to help journalists, photojournalists and editors report on violence while protecting both victims and themselves.

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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.

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Dart Society Journalists Who Cover Violence

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Even Without Malice, Errors Still Hurt

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