Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Symposium: Liberia and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process

At the New School University in New York City, a symposium about the stalled Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, created to investigate more than 20 years of civil conflict and human rights violations in the country.

What Reporting Combat Reveals About You

By James Brabazon and Isabell Witt

When a situation is extremely difficult, often one keeps filming. It’s not possible to take on board entirely what’s going on. When it comes back to you — when it really sinks in — is when you have quiet time afterwards. Then you can reflect on what’s happened. That may be a ten-minute break in a firefight, or it may be on the long walk home.