Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Witnessing the Human Cost of Climate Change

By Petra Tabeling and Gavin Rees

A Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum brought experts together in Bonn, Germany in June, 2010 to talk about how best to tell the global story of climate change – and the local one.

Grief in the Gulf

By Tanya Paperny

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is different from a war or an earthquake, but the traumatic impact is just as real. The challenge to journalists is to report the slow-motion disaster while seeking stories of resilience and possible recovery.  

New Orleans Needs Santa, Now!

By John Pope

In the first scene of John Patrick Shanley's remarkable play "Doubt," a priest delivering a sermon has this to say about the aftermath of a traumatic event: "Imagine the isolation."

Letter From New Orleans: Facing Two Storms

By John Pope

A reporter from The Times-Picayune in New Orleans reflects on the arrival of Hurricane Gustav almost exactly three years after the descent of the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina.

Reporting on Youth Violence

Low crime rates mask an epidemic of violence among urban youth, but how can journalists get this story right? A panel discussion convened by the Dart Center and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.