Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

2004 Fellow Miles Moffeit Wins John Jay College Award

Denver Post investigative reporter Miles Moffeit, a 2004 Dart Center Ochberg Fellow and vice president of The Dart Society, has won John Jay College's 2007 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting for a series on evidence destruction he co-wrote with Denver Post reporter Susan Greene.

Air Force May Revise Subpoena Policy

JAG Memo Follows Meeting with Dart Society Members

After several recent cases in which reporters' notes have been subpoenaed for court-martial proceedings, the Air Force is considering revisions to its legal regulations that would discourage uniformed lawyers from serving subpoenas on journalists.

Reporter Defies Air Force Subpoena

By Jesse Tarbert

Unlike other journalists who have defied subpoenas recently, Miles Moffeit is not protecting a high-level government source or someone accused of a serious crime. He's protecting Leah Kaelin, an 18-year-old woman who says she was gang-raped at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas by four fellow airmen in June 2003.

Providence Journal Wins 2004 Dart Award

The Providence Journal has won this year's $10,000 Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence for "Rape in a Small Town."

Second Anniversaries are Different

As I’ve observed tragedies from near and far, I’ve noticed a stark difference in how the first and second anniversaries are covered.

Columbine: Reporter's Perspectives, Part I

By Audrey Lott

They spend a lifetime covering city council meetings, working the police beat and sitting through school board meetings. From solid waste to sparkling rivers, they cover the news of their community - whether it is along the beaten path or a few steps into the road. But every now and then when their mind drifts away from the day's events, nearly all journalists wonder what it would be like if the big one ever came their way.

Victim's Parents Celebrate a Life

By Patricia Callahan

A four-part series about a Colorado family whose only son was murdered in the Columbine High School shootings, coverage that explored the long-term effects through survivors in Peducah and Jonesboro. Originally published in the Denver Post in June, 1999.