New Zealand's Law Commission recommends Parliament restrict the media's reporting on suicides in an effort to prevent copycat suicides.
Earlier this month, a series exploring suicide prevention efforts for teenagers, college students and elderly Americans aired on Arizona public radio. It was produce by participants of the Dart Center's 2012 "Covering Suicide" workshop.
The 2014 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting has been awarded to Ochberg Fellow David Philipps for his coverage of the mistreatment of wounded combat veterans for the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Ochberg Fellow Mike Walter and his CCTV America team have won an award for their short documentary "Afterwar Photographer," which focuses on the work of Ochberg Fellow Lori Grinker.
A recent piece in the Washingtonian by journalist Asra Q. Nomani, a colleague and close friend of Daniel Pearl, recounts her long journey to find out what happened to Pearl and to try to make peace with it.
A new report by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) and the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) found nearly two-thirds of women in the news media have experienced some form of intimidation, threats or abuse.
On January 25, the 2013-2014 Ochberg Fellows concluded a week of seminars and conversations on new developments in trauma science, and journalism craft and practice on issues of violence, conflict and trauma.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published a full report on the number of journalists and media staff killed worlwide in 2013.
ProPublica's Lois Beckett writes about the high rates of PTSD experienced in America's most violent neighborhoods. In some areas, rates of PTSD surpass those of Iraq, Afghanistan, or Vietnam veterans. There are few options for the diagnosis and treatment of civilians and there are families and communities are facing debilitating consquences.
A new feature story in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor spotlights the interdisciplinary nature of the Dart Center’s work.