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Members of the community gather at the City of Uvalde Town Square for a prayer vigil in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. According to reports, 19 students and 2 adults were killed before the gunman was fatally shot by law enforcement.

Resources for Editors and Reporters Covering the Uvalde School Shooting

May 25, 2022

On May 24th, at least 19 children and two teachers were killed in the deadliest school shooting in nearly ten years. The Dart Center has gathered a selection of resources to support journalists as they cover the tragedy and its aftermath.

 

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Dart Centre Europe is hiring!

June 1, 2022

The Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Europe (DCE) is looking for a Project Manager to join our team for three days a week.

Dart Centre Europe is the regional hub for the Dart Centre for Trauma and Journalism, a project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. It is dedicated to informed, innovative and ethical news reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy.

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Dart Center Names 2022 Ochberg Fellows

May 12, 2022

We have announced the recipients of the 2022 Ochberg Fellowship, a program that deepens journalists' reporting of violence, conflict and tragedy. "This year’s Ochberg Fellows represent the best of a generation of journalists who came of age committed to deep engagement with trauma - and then in the last two years found that commitment tested by pandemic, historical reckonings and war," said Dart Executive Director Bruce Shapiro. "We are excited to welcome this year's 15 Fellows to Columbia, joining more than 200 past Fellows who set the global standard for innovative, ethical reporting on violence, crisis and aftermath."

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Flowers, candles and mementoes are left at a makeshift memorial outside the Tops market on May 18, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. A gunman opened fire at the store on Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding three others. Police say it's being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime. 

Resources for Reporters and Editors Covering the Shooting in Buffalo

May 19, 2022

As the country, and community, grieve one of the deadliest racially-motivated mass shootings in recent history, the Dart Center has gathered a selection of resources to support journalists as they cover the tragedy and its aftermath.

 

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2022 Dart Award Winners Announced

May 5, 2022

The 2022 Dart Awards went to The Atavist for "A Feast for Lost Souls" and to the Los Angeles Times for "Disease, Inequity and Resilience in South L.A." Honorable mentions went to NPR, The Outlaw Ocean Project and Vanity Fair. "The 2022 Dart Award honorees all illuminate trauma as a shared experience, portraying communities bound together by grief, outrage and a quest for justice," said Bruce Shapiro, the Dart Center’s executive director. "While the issues involved vary – COVID-19, police violence, forced migration and disappearances, attacks on journalists themselves – all of this year's honorees show exceptional commitment to the voices of survivors and their complex, varied and often brave trajectories."

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Smusa Wenkeosa (L), 22, who suffers severe breathing pathologies and kidney failure, is seen in her house in Vosman, Mpumalanga, on March 31, 2022 with her daughter Velo (C), 1, who is suffering from asthma, and her mother Thandive (R), 62. In a groundbreaking ruling, a court has ordered the South African government to reduce air pollution in a coal-mining belt ranked by Greenpeace as the world's most polluting cluster.

Announcing the 2022 Early Childhood Global Reporting Fellows

May 2, 2022

The Dart Center has announced the recipients of its 2022 Early Childhood Global Reporting Fellowship. The program will support 15 journalists around the world undertaking projects on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on young children’s growth, development and wellbeing. The Fellowship, running from May through November, is being led by audio journalist, Karen Brown, in collaboration with independent journalists Irene Caselli and Joanne Silberner, and CNN Investigates senior writer, Bob Ortega. 

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Meet the 2022 Early Childhood Latin America Fellows

April 28, 2022

The Dart Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Early Childhood Reporting Latin America Fellowship. The program will support 20 journalists over 6-months undertaking projects on inequality and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on young children’s growth, development, and wellbeing. The Fellowship is sponsored by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, and The Two Lilies Fund. Para visualizar em português, clique aqui. Para español haga clic aquí.

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A young refugee girl fleeing Ukraine walks across the tracks as she arrives at the border train station of Zahony on March 08, 2022 in Zahony, Hungary. More than 2 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the start of Russia's military offensive, according to the UN. Hungary has welcomed more than 144,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine after Russia began a large-scale attack on Ukraine on February 24. 

How to Report Ethically on Children Affected by the Ukraine Conflict

March 8, 2022 by Irene Caselli

As events in Ukraine continue to unfold quickly and dramatically, children and young people are in danger - one million are already on the move. 

This tipsheet brings together advice from Dart fellows who have reported on children in war and other emergency situations.

 

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Resources for Reporters and Editors Covering the Conflict in Ukraine

February 24, 2022

Today Russian military forces launched multiple attacks on Ukraine. As an immediate response, the Dart Center has assembled this list of resources for local and international journalists and editors who are covering this fast-developing crisis.

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Belfast Aurora: “That night directed my path”

March 17, 2022 by Seamus Kelters

In this excerpt from his newly-published Belfast Aurora: A Memoir of a Falls Childhood, 1971-1973 (Merrion Press), the late BBC Northern Ireland journalist and Dart Center Ochberg Fellow Seamus Kelters recalls how a 10-year-old’s fateful encounter with the reality of civil conflict shaped his reporting.

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The Dart Center Style Guide for Trauma-Informed Journalism

June 22, 2021 by Isobel Thompson

This style guide is designed as a quick, authoritative reference for reporters, editors and producers working on tight deadlines. It includes brief evidence-informed guidance on news choices, language usage and ethics in reporting on the impact of trauma on individuals, families and communities; recommendations for appropriate use of relevant psychological and scientific terminology; and special considerations when reporting on consequential trauma-laden issues such as racism and sexual violence.

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Leading Resilience: A Guide for Editors and News Managers on Working with Freelancers Exposed to Trauma

August 5, 2020

A collaboration between ACOS Alliance and Dart Centre Asia Pacific, this guide is designed to help editors and managers understand and support their teams. It is divided into five sections covering both general information and specific suggestions and tips for working with freelance journalists. Click here to download the full guide.

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Dart launches clinician training program to support trauma-exposed journalists

June 15, 2021

To aid journalists challenged by covering violence, crisis and tragedy, the Dart Center is launching an innovative training program preparing psychologists to work effectively with news professionals. The Journalist Trauma Support Network provides training on journalists’ professional culture, occupational challenges, and data security to experienced trauma psychologists, and then aids these clinicians with peer support, continuing education, and a lasting professional network. In collaboration with the Committee to Protect Journalists, JTSN also provides a pathway for journalists to connect with JTSN-trained therapists for culturally competent care.

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Journalist Trauma Support Network

A pilot program training therapists to help journalists.