Sept 30, 2021
2021 Dart Awards Presentation & Roundtable, with NBC News' Kate Snow as host
6:00pm
NBC News' Kate Snow will host this year's Dart Awards ceremony.
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Sept 22, 2021
"What Happened to You?" A Conversation with Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
6:00pm
How does childhood adversity shape adult lives? And how can we tell better stories about it?
We Call On G7 Countries To Evacuate Journalists in Afghanistan
August 23, 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.
We ask that G7 members:
Apply Now: Outreach Producer, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Project
August 12, 2021
The Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma in Europe (DCE) has been engaged over the past two years in a project to produce best practice guidelines for journalists covering conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). It is now seeking to fill a seven-month contract to deepen the outreach of this new resource so that journalists and filmmakers around the world have the opportunity to build the principles in these guidelines into their working practice.
Pioneering Leader in Trauma Journalism Set to Retire
July 15, 2021
Trauma expert Dr. Cait McMahon, OAM, will retire from her role as Dart Centre Asia Pacific Managing Director later this year, following a 30-year career helping media workers better understand the impact of trauma on themselves and on those they report on.
How Can Indigenous Reporters Care for Themselves While Covering Trauma — and How Can Their Newsrooms Help?
July 14, 2021 by Camille Baker
In the last months, the remains of over a thousand people, including at least hundreds of Indigenous children, have been discovered on the properties of former residential schools in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. These discoveries have brought to the fore — for now — a subject that has long remained at the margins of mainstream media coverage in the United States: the genocide of millions of Indigenous people by colonizers.
The Dart Center Style Guide for Trauma-Informed Journalism
June 22, 2021 by Isobel Thompson
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.
Resources for Journalists Coping With Trauma
June 21, 2021 by Elana Newman, Naseem S. Miller
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.
Dart launches clinician training program to support trauma-exposed journalists
June 15, 2021
To aid journalists challenged by covering violence, crisis and tragedy, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is launching an innovative training program preparing psychologists to work effectively with news professionals.
Reporting on Sexual Violence in Conflict
May 27, 2021
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.