Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Suicide

Fighting the Stigma

By Meg Spratt

Journalists continue to struggle with effective, sensitive, and consistent reporting on suicide. In this three-part series, Meg Spratt, with Dart Fellow Liisa Hyvarinen, Dart Executive Committee Chair Emeritus Frank Ochberg, and others, explore the issues and complexities of responsible coverage.

Suicide

By Meg Spratt

Journalists continue to struggle with effective, sensitive, and consistent reporting on suicide. In this three-part series, Meg Spratt, with Dart Fellow Liisa Hyvarinen, Dart Executive Committee Chair Emeritus Frank Ochberg, and others, explore the issues and complexities of responsible coverage.

How News is "Framed"

By Sara Tiegreen and Elana Newman

An overview of how news stories, traumatic and otherwise, are "framed," finding a general absence of context and recommending avenues for future research.

Domestic Violence: A Look at Coverage

By Roger Simpson

When domestic violence causes the death of one or both of the people in a relationship, the local media spotlight usually picks up the tragedy. But the reporting usually reveals little about the painful history that preceded the violence.