Events: April 2020

Mar 24 - June 18, 2020

Reporting and Covid-19: A Webinar Series for Journalists

Join Columbia Journalism School’s Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma for a series of online conversations about the challenges of reporting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Led by Bruce Shapiro, we’ll take quick, deep dives with authoritative experts, news innovators and journalistic colleagues navigating the crisis at the local, regional and global level - sharing lessons learned, common struggles and innovative approaches. Co-sponsored by Columbia Journalism Review.
Apr 2, 2020

#IJNetLive webinar: Journalists’ Mental Health

1:00pm
The International Journalists' Network will host a webinar on reporting on trauma and journalist self care. The panelists will include Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University; and Sherry Ricchiardi, Ph.D., co-author of ICFJ's Disaster and Crisis Coverage guide and international media trainer who has worked with journalists around the world on conflict reporting, trauma and safety issues.
Apr 8, 2020

Webinar: Health, Justice and Resilience

11:00 am
In the U.S. and around the world, the covid-19 pandemic has laid bare inequities that are literally a matter of life and death. For instance, burdened with coal-fired power plants and other polluting facilities, low-income communities of color have much higher rates of asthma and other “underlying conditions” that predict poor outcomes with covid-19. And this and many other issues won’t end when the pandemic does: these communities are also more vulnerable to the heat waves, floods and fires of a changing climate. What steps can be taken now to protect those on the front lines of covid-19 and climate change, and to ensure a fairer, more resilient world for all?
Apr 8, 2020

Media Briefing: Disaster Reporting and COVID-19

2:00pm
Please join Climate Central and the International Association of Emergency Managers on Wednesday, April 8, at 2pm EDT for a live Zoom briefing: Disaster Reporting and COVID-19. Registration required.
Apr 14, 2020

Webinar: Clarissa Ward on Covering Crisis

12:00 pm
The duPont-Columbia Awards and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma presented a conversation with duPont-award-winning journalist Clarissa Ward, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent.
Apr 18, 2020

Covering Crisis: Half-day online workshop

12:00 - 3:00pm
This three-hour workshop for Columbia J School students, run by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, will introduce you to the basics of safe reporting: strategizing ahead to avoid the worst-case scenario. Whether you face a pandemic, war or digital harassment, the principles are the same: think through the dangers beforehand and devise plans to mitigate them.
Apr 23, 2020

Webinar: Media, Social Media, and COVID-19

4:00pm
This seminar will explore the roles that media and social media have played in shaping both the national and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how media will shape our health in the pandemic’s aftermath. Featuring Dart Research Director Elana Newman.
Apr 24, 2020

Journalism Safety: How to Protect Yourself While #CoveringCOVID

8:30am
Renowned Egyptian journalist and journalism safety trainer Abeer Saady, and the Dart Center’s Asia Pacific Director Dr. Cait McMahon, will join ICFJ’s Global Director of Research, Dr. Julie Posetti to explore these issues and share practical advice that journalists can immediately begin implementing on the ground.