How can we tell better stories about childhood adversity? Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry joined Dart Center executive director Bruce Shapiro in September for a conversation about trauma, resilience, neuroscience and the news agenda. Full event video is now available.
Rising waters break the banks at Battery Park as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach in New York
Although hurricanes can be devastating to people and property, inflicting damage that can take years to repair, they do possess a big advantage over catastrophes such as earthquakes, terrorist attacks and tsunamis: Journalists and ordinary citizens can prepare for them. Click here for resources for covering natural disasters.
People wait to leave at the Kabul airport, as thousands try to flee Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021.
Ahead of the G7 summit on the situation in Afghanistan, the Dart Center has joined hundreds of organizations in calling on G7 countries to make a clear and explicit commitment to taking journalists and media workers as an urgent and immediate priority, ensure their protection and evacuate them and their families.
Journalists record an arrest by French riot police forces during a rally as part of Black Lives Matter protests against racism and police brutality in Paris on June 13, 2020.
Dr. Elana Newman, The Dart Center's Research Director, and Naseem S. Miller, Senior Health Editor for The Journalist’s Resource, assembled a list of resources for coping with trauma as part of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference in June 2021.
A journalist works on his laptop amid items left behind by protesters in Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hong Kong on November 26, 2019.
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.
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.
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.
Kamloops Indian Residential School survivor Evelyn Camille, 82, poses for a pictures next to a makeshift memorial at the residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia, where the 215 children whose remains were discovered are honored.
CBC Radio host Duncan McCue, who is Anishinaabe and a member of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in southern Ontario, describes the emotional toll of covering Indigenous issues and discusses what newsrooms can do to better serve Indigenous reporters.
The Dart Awards went to the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica for "Unheard"; to Gimlet and Spotify for "Shake the Room"; and to the Associated Press for "Lives Lost." Honorable mentions went to TIME, Univision News Digital and the Star Tribune. “This year’s honorees – charting the landscape of loss, illuminating the daily indignity and abuse endured by people of color and asylum-seekers, giving voice to silenced survivors of sexual assault – are more than excellent reporting. They amount to a collective refusal to look away, a shared insistence that the lived experiences of trauma survivors, and meaningful accountability for victimization, are central to democratic renewal," said Bruce Shapiro.
Dart Centre Europe has released new guidelines on covering sexual violence in conflict zones, designed for deeper learning, quick reference and easy sharing with colleagues. The guidelines aim to encourage accurate and insightful reporting, while also reducing the risk of further harm to those brave enough to tell their stories. You can access the guidelines here.
Journalists at work at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Election Day, November 3, 2020.
Online abuse and harassment come in many forms, from borderline incivility all the way up to systematic attacks that are engineered to inflict real psychological harm. This guide, written by Dart Centre Europe Director Gavin Rees, offers some thoughts on managing their potential impact.
American citizens wave from a bus as they leave the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship at Daikoku Pier to be repatriated to the United States on February 17, 2020 in Yokohama, Japan.
More than threee million people have been infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), fueling a worldwide pandemic. As of this writing, at least 200,000 people have died. As the numbers continue to rise, we have assembled resources for journalists on covering disaster and epidemic, interviewing victims and survivors, and working with colleagues exposed to traumatic events in English and Chinese.
Emily Bernard, PhD, Author, Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine, and Julian Lindsay Green & Gold Professor of English, The University of Vermont; Jelani Cobb, PhD, Staff Writer, The New Yorker, and Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
Video of the killings of Black citizens by police and in racist attacks have sparked sweeping protests. But the ongoing flood of shocking videos also has other consequences, especially for communities of color. How do journalists balance urgent news value against sensationalism and trauma? A conversation with Emily Bernard and Jelani Cobb, moderated by the Dart Center's Bruce Shapiro. Full event video is now available.
A pilot program training therapists to help journalists.
