Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

New Resources in Chinese

By Stan Alcorn

At the National Cheng Chi University at Taiwan, Dart Center Country Contact Julia Hsu heads up a research team, consisting largely of students in her Department of Radio and Television, called Trauma News Watch. Besides monitoring traumatic news as the team's name suggests, they have been translating and adapting Dart Center materials for use in Taiwan. More »

Weekend Links: Chinese Riots, Mexican Torture and Michael Jackson

By Stan Alcorn

This week, the Nieman Foundation's Narrative Digest published interviews with St. Petersburg Times reporters Ben Montgomery and Waveny Ann Moore about their co-authored April story on the effects of a century of abuse at the Florida School for Boys.

Meanwhile, journalism by the masses continued to change coverage of mass events More »

Untold Aftershocks

By Zhao Xue

A year after the Sichuan earthquake, Chinese journalists are still burying their pain.

Dart Resources Now in Chinese

By Stan Alcorn

We’re pleased to announce that Tragedies and Journalists — the Dart Center's 40-page guide for journalists, photojournalists and editors reporting on traumatic experience — has two new Chinese-language editions, one for mainland China and one for Taiwan. More »

Sichuan and Beyond

By Stan Alcorn

One year ago, a massive earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale killed tens of thousands and displaced millions in the Sichuan province of China. In the immediate aftermath, the Chinese government permitted journalists unprecedented access to the devastation. Stories of collapsed schools and miraculous survival brought the world closer to the rural villages of China, but the work took its toll on the storytellers. More »

Covering Two Catastrophes

Resources for Journalists

For those reporting on the natural disasters in China and Myanmar, the Dart Center has assembled tip sheets, advice and reflection from journalists on past catastrophes and other resources of relevance.