Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Журналисты и психологическая травма: первые шаги к решению проблемы

By Olga Kravtsova

An introduction to the issues of journalism and trauma for a Russian-speaking audience.

Russian Journalism and Trauma Seminar

By Nadya Azhgikhina

Awareness of the psychology of covering trauma is a new concept in Russia, and journalists gathered in Moscow on February 3 for a national round table on the "Journalism of Extreme Situations" found this to be a lively and stimulating occasion.

Post-Soviet Blues: Georgian Sketches

Introduction

By Arnold R. Isaacs

Arnold R. Isaacs made several trips to Georgia between 2000 and 2005.  This is his detailed account of the trauma suffered there as a result of Soviet rule and the attempts being made to return the country to normalcy.

Returning to Beslan

By Johnathan Charles

Since the tragic events in the Russian town of Beslan two months ago, when more than four hundred children and adults died after being taken hostage by militants demanding independence for Chechnya, counselling centres have been working hard to try to help the survivors.

The Short Life of Viktor Matthey

By Matthew Reilly and Saed Hindash

An article depicting the unhappy life of a Siberian boy whose violent death is told against the larger story of his birth parents, the orphanage that briefly shelters him, and his abusive adoptive parents in America. Originally published in the Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), on October 28, 2001.