In one of the most dangerous years for journalists to date, Richard Engel, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent, has been freed along with his crew following five days of captivity in Syria.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Dart Center staff and affiliates were in the news, speaking about best practices for journalists covering tragedy involving children, and how to move forward.
Following Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Dart Center's executive director Bruce Shapiro has been asked by multiple news outlets to discuss the ethics of interviewing children in the midst of tragedy.
“Reporting on mass shootings and other large-scale attacks and killings tests the skill of reporters and the judgment of news organizations,” writes Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro, in a recent issue of Walkley magazine.
2009 Ochberg Fellow Peter Cave has won the 2012 Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.
Dr. Elana Newman and her staff have developed a confidential online psychological program developed from social cognitive theory (SCT) to empower Spanish-speaking individuals who have experienced a traumatic event.
The new issue of Dart Society Reports, put out by our friends at the Dart Society, includes outstanding new work by seven Ochberg Fellows.
In a case being closely watched by the Australian media, an award-winning photojournalist is suing The Age newspaper in Melbourne, claiming the paper failed to provide a safe workplace and breaching its responsibility to care for her mental health.
On November 23, 2009, thirty-two journalists and media workers were murdered in the town of Ampatuan in the Philippines in what the Committee to Protect Journalists calls "the single deadliest event for the press since 1992—when CPJ began keeping detailed records."
2012 Ochberg Fellow Alia Malek has spent much of the last year living at great risk in Damascus, Syria. She will discuss her experiences at the New York Public Library tonight at 6:30 pm.