Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Family on the Front Lines

By Rosie Whitehouse

Being a mother with five children and a war-reporter husband means early lessons in violent conflict, world politics and the perils of freelance journalism.

Working Mom in a War Zone

By Christina Lamb

From the frontlines of a Taliban ambush to the sidelines of her child's football game, a war correspondent explains how she balances work and family.

Covering Teen Suicide

By Brian Slodysko

Suicide is a leading cause of teenage deaths, but is often treated as a journalistic taboo. Reporters and researchers break down the complicated ethical issues reporters must face to get the story right.

Are We There Yet?

By Gavin Rees

Are We There Yet? a new book by Ben’s mother, Rosie Whitehouse, invites readers into the unseen space of a frontline family as it copes with whatever world politics can throw at it. It is an illuminating and intimate account.

15 Years of War

A Dart Centre Interview With Journalist Leon Malherbe

By Refqa Abu-Remaileh

Leon Malherbe, 42, camera producer for Reuters, has covered many of the major international conflicts of the past 15 years, starting in 1990 with anti-apartheid clashes in South African townships. From there, he reported on civil wars in Angola and Mozambique, the arrival of U.S. troops in Somalia, the Rwandan genocide and civil war in the Congo. In between, he also covered the wars in Yugoslavia.

Women and Gun Violence

By Caitlin Kelly

Three women a day are killed in the U.S., most often by men who they once thought loved them, and who might argue that they still do. Three-quarters of American women over the age of 12 will become a crime victim. One-third of these will be violently assaulted, raped or robbed.

The War Journalist Mother

By Sue Jameson

I have worked for over twenty-five years as a correspondent, covering stories in Kosovo, Belgrade, Israel and all over the former USSR, including Chechnya. My motivation for this work is a driving passion.

Married to a War Reporter

By Melanie Anstey

My husband has reported on just about every single war. Since I met him 19 years ago he has been in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Gulf War One, Israel, and then in 1991 he went to Croatia where he was shot through the abdomen.

Breaking Bad News

This booklet is intended to offer informal guidance in circumstances where journalists, their editors or managers are required to tell next-of-kin of the death of a colleague.