Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

New Dart Fellowship Offers Training for Journalism Educators

By Joan Connell

No matter what the beat or medium, young journalists are almost certain to encounter human tragedy in the course of their work. But few student journalists are trained to recognize trauma and stress reactions in survivors, to make informed ethical choices about trauma news, or to deal with their own emotional reactions while on the job. With this in mind, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has established a new Academic Fellowship Program.  More »

Workshop on Veterans

A call for applications for a three-day workshop on the practical challenges of covering veterans and their communities Jan. 7 to Jan. 9, 2010.

Reckoning with the Khmer Rouge

By Ung Bun Y

Journalists covering the Khmer Rouge tribunal are learning how to confront painful and seldom discussed memories of the atrocities that devastated all of Cambodia.

New Online Resource for Finnish Journalists

By Stan Alcorn

Finnish speaking journalists who cover violence and trauma have a new page to bookmark: the official website for the Dart Center Finnish Network. Country Contact Klas Backholm, a journalism and trauma researcher, will be maintaining the page, which already contains tip sheets, interviews and research findings. More »

A Decade of Journalistic Innovation

By Bruce Shapiro

This past weekend I flew out to Indianapolis for a birthday party: the 10th anniversary of the Dart Center’s Ochberg Fellows program. The Dart Society — made up of alumni of the fellowship along with winners of the Dart Award — organized an extraordinary reunion for the occasion, alongside the annual Society for Professional Journalists conference. More »

Announcing the 2009 Ochberg Fellows

This year's Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships for mid-career journalists interested in improving coverage of violent events go to:

Solange Azevedo, Epoca
Peter Cave, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal
Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post
John McCusker, The Times-Picayune
Maryn McKenna, independent journalist
Jina Moore, Christian Science Monitor
Ronke Phillips, ITV News
Huáscar Robles Carrasquillo, Metro San-Juan
Philip Zabriskie, independent journalist
Bios and more »

New Safety Code for Australian News Media

By Cait McMahon

A code to protect the safety of media professionals was launched yesterday at the "Reporting Wars: Challenges and Responsibilities" conference in Sydney, Australia. More »

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 »

2009 Dart Award Winners Announced

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."

Welcome to the New Australasian Page

By Cait McMahon

Welcome to Dart Centre Australasia's new online home. The name ‘Australasia’ is a little deceptive for us as officially this term relates to countries within the bounds of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. Having already been involved with programmes for media professionals from countries such Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Cambodia, Japan, New Zealand and East Timor to name a few, Dart Centre Australasia in fact takes in the much broader area of the Asia Pacific. More »

Dart Center at Columbia University

By Bruce Shapiro

Old friends of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma have probably noticed an important change:  a new university affiliation.  The Dart Center is now a project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. More »

Our New Website

By Bruce Shapiro

Welcome to the new online home of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma!

Over the last 18 months, we've redesigned, rebuilt, and reconceived DartCenter.org as a state-of-the-art resource center, think tank and platform for coverage of violence, conflict and tragedy the world over.

This makeover of DartCenter.org comes with journalism itself in upheaval. Journalists who cover street crime and courts, family violence, war, disasters or human rights now are squeezed between the 24 hour news cycle and an industry in economic crisis ... More »

2006 Dart Award Winners Announced

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has announced the winners of the 2006 Dart Awards for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence.