Self-care

  • Interview

    Apr 6 2011

    Confronting Cruelty: Q&A With Cecilia Ballí

    By Tanya Paperny

    A 2010 Dart Ochberg fellow reflects on how her work as a cultural anthropologist shapes her approach to journalistic and literary storytelling.

  • In Depth

    Nov 24 2010

    New Media Landscape, Less Media Safety

    Photo: Denis Sinyakov / Reuters Pictures: People hold portraits of Russian ...

    By Gavin Rees

    These days anyone, regardless of training, can blog from the frontline of a conflict zone or delve into the shadowy dealings of some local Mr. Big. How will they protect themselves?

  • Blog Post

    Nov 30 2009 2:21 PM

    Report: Bushfire Coverage Raises Ethics Questions

    By Cait McMahon

    What has become known as the "Black Saturday Bushfires" is Australia’s worse natural disaster to date. On Feb. 7, 2009, temperatures of 46 degrees Celsius and winds of 100 km per hour created explosive firestorms with 1500 times the energy of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. More »

  • Blog Post

    Nov 3 2009 12:03 PM

    Tips for Staying Sane

    By Stan Alcorn

    "It just doesn't go out of the brain." Onscreen, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation editor described watching footage of a beheading in Iraq. At a brown bag lunch at the Columbia Journalism School on Oct. 30, students watched a DVD chronicling journalists' experiences covering traumatic stories, from accidents to terrorism, and then discussed how to manage such occupational stress with two of Australia's leading experts on the subject. More »

  • Blog Post

    Apr 27 2009 9:36 AM

    Gaza: Where There is No Escape

    By Gavin Rees

    If there is one constant in the political history of Gaza over the 61 years since the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, it is that whenever it is thought that the situation can’t get any worse, it usually does. The Israeli-Hamas war that ended three months ago left many hundreds dead, thousands of others robbed of their livlihoods and the political divisions within Palestinian society just as deeply fissured as before. More »

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