Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Tragedies & Journalists

By Joe Hight and Frank Smyth

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

By Ruth Teichroeb

When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity.

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Life and Death in Kashmir

By Syed Nazakat

Along the Line of Control that marks the border between India and Pakistan, a senior journalist's life is one nightmare after another.

Tips for Managers and Editors

Coverage of trauma and extreme human distress is a core part of journalism. These tips are for managers and editors to help them prepare and support the reporters who do this difficult and important work.

Revisiting Matthew Shepard's Murder

By Kerry Drake

An editor at the Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune offers a look behind the scenes at reporting the murder of Matthew Shepard and covering its tenth anniversary.

Hometown Catastrophe

How Newsrooms Can Prepare

By Bruce Shapiro

It takes a a single phone call, a single alert on a police scanner, a single wire-service bulletin bearing word of catastrophe to upend the well-ordered chaos of a newsroom.