Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

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 »

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 »

New Website 101

By Stan Alcorn

Even if you're not new to DartCenter.org, this DartCenter.org is new to you. The best way to explore the new is to dig in and browse. But for those who prefer a map, here are some of the highlights:

Gateways: Beneath our iconic logo (your link back to the homepage) you'll find "gateway" links that follow you around the site: click these for instant access to  resources of specific interest to either journalists, educators, researchers and scholars, or clinicians ... More »