Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Simulated Trauma in the Classroom

By Sue Lockett John and Kevin Kawamoto

To prepare students to interview victims of traumatic events, journalism schools are using simulations and role-play. This guide shows educators how it's done.

Teaching Trauma Through Case Studies

By Sherry Ricchiardi

A professor of journalism at Indiana University offers two sample assignments that teach concepts related to victims and trauma by engaging students' interest in real-world reporting.

ISTSS Conference, Day 2: Awards, the Khmer Rouge and Torture

By Stan Alcorn

After my last post, at the end of my first day at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies' annual conference, the ISTSS gave out their annual awards. Of particular note: the 2008 Frank Ochberg Award for Media and Trauma Study was given to the Dart Center's founding director, Roger Simpson, for his groundbreaking research work ... More »

Training Steps

By Migael Scherer

An experienced journalism educator shares her teaching points for accurate, emotionally conscious stories and images.

Teaching the Breaking News Story

By John Harris

An educator describes how he incorporated a grisly murder in his community into an upper-level journalism course.

Journalism and the Tsunami

The Dart Center has announced plans for a conference to explore lessons learned for journalists in the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami, and identify the next steps in covering the social, political and economic fallout of the disaster.

Study: Photographers and Trauma

A survey of photojournalists showed that the vast majority have been exposed to traumatic events, and that about six percent report symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a recently published study by Dart Center researchers.

Columbine: Interviewing Children

By Diane Bui

Gunfire. Children flee their school, looking for police, medics or parents. Instead, many run straight into the arms of reporters primed with questions. What should journalists know about the youngsters they try to interview at moments of crisis?