Interviewing Victims
What is different about interviewing survivors of violence and tragedy? How can reporters avoid re-victimizing already-traumatized individuals? What are the special techniques and ethical obligations in the trauma interview?
Dart Resources
Interviewing Victims: Ethics and Practice
In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," three experienced journalists talk about what every journalist should know.
Interviewing Patients: Abuse of Confidentiality?
Ethical issues and common-sense suggestions on how mental health professionals and journalists can collaborate in the coverage of people who have experienced trauma.
Ghost Town
The crossfire of drug-related violence is rendering farming towns along the U.S.-Mexico border virtually uninhabitable. Texas Monthly staff writer Cecilia Balli, a 2010 Dart Center Ochberg Fellow, reports on residents of one border town who live amid escalating terror.
Japan's Triple Disaster: Resources for Journalists
Links to resources in Japanese and English for journalists covering Japan's March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant crisis. Includes a Q&A with disaster expert Irwin Redlener, M.D., an article on Japanese cultural identity from Gavin Rees, and a comprehensive disaster reporting guide from reporter Yoichi Shimatsu.
Working With Victims and Survivors
Journalists, researchers and mental health professionals offer advice on how to deal with people caught up in tragic events.
Outside Resources
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Interviewing: The Ignored Skill
Poynter Online
When it comes to ethics, it's essential to ask good questions to make good decisions. A successful process includes asking key questions at the right time.
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Dealing With Disaster
Editor and Publisher
Joe Strupp and Doug Cosper discuss the problems faced by journalists in extreme situations, with emphasis on the challenges faced at the World Trade Center after 9/11.