Tips & Tools
Self-Care
While emergency workers have, particularly in the last decade, recognized the need for self-care and organizational safe-guards, journalists may not yet have been recognized as potential candidates for employee safeguards and increased support. Journalists need to remember is that there may be a number of potential stress reactions they may have when they write about particularly stressful topics, and know the strategies and resources they can use to stay resilient.
Dart Resources
Covering Trauma: Impact on Journalists
An overview of current research on the occupational hazards for journalists covering traumatic events, the risk factors that aggravate those effects and some suggestions for mitigating those factors.
Bringing it Home: 2013 Dart Awards
On May 1, 2013, the Dart Center celebrated the 2013 Dart Awards winners and honorable mentions and presented a roundtable discussion. The conversation explored the story-behind-the-story, and drilled down on what's involved in undertaking hard-hitting, humane investigations of trauma and pursuing high-impact collaborations. Dart Foundation Vice President James Lammers and Dart Foundation Program Manager Claudia Deschaine presented the awards.
Sandy Hook and Beyond: Panel Videos
Watch our entire slate of panels from the symposium.
Award for Outstanding Media Contributions to Trauma Psychology
The APA’s Division 56 is now accepting nominations for outstanding media contributions to trauma psychology. The deadline is April 15, 2013.
Reporters Exposed to Traumatic Events: Tips for Managers and Editors
Staff care tips for managers and editors of news personnel exposed to traumatic events.
Outside Resources
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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.
All Tips & Tools
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Reporting War
Recommendations for meeting the emotional challenges of covering war, from a group of seasoned veterans.
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News Media and Trauma
This documentary, available online and on DVD, features a wide range of Australian journalists their recounting experiences covering traumatic stories.
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