The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship, now in its 22nd year, is a unique seminar program for senior and mid-career journalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. The 2023 program will be held July 21-27 at Columbia University in New York. Application deadline is March 1 at 11:59pm.

The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of violence and tragedy across all media platforms. Last year's 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 deadline for submissions is February 2, 2023 at 5:00 pm EST.

The Dart Center has gathered a selection of resources to support journalists as they cover recent incidents of gun violence and mass shootings in the United States and around the world.

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.

The U.S. has once again been hit with a spate of mass shootings in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Charlottesville, Virginia. The Dart Center has a host of resources for newsrooms tasked with covering these tragedies and the aftermath. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.