More than 90,000 people in over 60 countries have been infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), fueling fears of a worldwide pandemic. The World Health Organization has increased the global threat level to “very high,” its most extreme risk assessment. Please consult English and Chinese-language resources on covering disease, interviewing victims and survivors, and working with colleagues exposed to traumatic events.

For journalists on every beat, managing personal boundaries and safety can pose difficult choices and challenges. Women journalists in particular contend with unwanted presumptions, sexual harassment and the threat of violence. The Dart Center asked nine leading women in journalism to talk about the impact of these challenges on their work, and to reflect on their own best practices. This video is the result.

As the human, environmental and economic toll of Australia's devastating wildfires continues to mount, we have assembled resources for journalists on covering disaster and recovery, interviewing victims and survivors, and working with colleagues exposed to traumatic events.

What impact does close and routine contact with vulnerable people have on filmmakers? And do TV companies equip their employees with the skills and support that working with challenging material and vulnerable people requires? In a new report supported by Wellcome – the first of its kind – the Dart Centre has sought to answer these questions by laying out the factors and situations that generate occupational distress in the UK’s factual TV sector. Read the full report here.