Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

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Event Report

Aug 24 2010

Repercussions of a Tragedy

By Jose Jaime "Nonoy" Espina

Almost a year after 32 media workers were massacred along with scores of others in Mindanao, Filipino journalists face the consequences of doing dangerous work in an environment of chronic stress. A recent training conducted by Dart Centre Australasia focused on peer support.
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Covering Tragedy

ABC Radio

2007 Ochberg Fellow Lisa Millar talks about trauma journalism on the National Media Report.
Behind the Story

Mar 1 2005

Close Encounters

By Gary Tippet

In February 1972, I was 18 years old, a couple of months out of high school and beginning a cadetship at the now-dead Sun News Pictorial in Melbourne. It was my first week at the paper and I had been sent for the day to watch police rounds at work.

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Tragedies & Journalists

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

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

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