Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

The Real "Enemy" in Disasters

By Cait McMahon

The newly formed Emergency Media and Public Affairs group in Australia held its annual conference in Melbourne, Australia May 24-26. Network Nine news reporter Brett McLeod, who produced Dart Centre Australasia’s "News Media and Trauma" DVD, and Ochberg Fellow Gary Tippet both represented the Dart Centre at different presentations at the two-day conference. More »

Dispatches from the Australian Bushfires

By Stan Alcorn

The bushfires that raged through Australia this weekend were the deadliest in the nation's history, tearing through towns and leading the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Victorian Premier John Brumby to describe the situation as "hell on Earth." At the time of this story's publishing, the death toll was 126, including respected news anchor Brian Naylor ... More »

The Dreadful Burden

By Gary Tippet

The Port Arthur massacre was Australia's worst mass murder, with 35 people killed. I had been covering it all week and, I thought, coping well. But as I stood at that tree I suddenly found myself weeping.

Panel: What Clinicians Need to Know About the Media

At the International Congress of Applied Psychology in Melbourne, Australia, a panel on the ramifications of trauma exposure on the media profession.