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NUJU Webinar Series: Session 2 - Reporting on Children Exposed to Violence

Call for Applications: 2025 Ochberg Fellowship
Applications are now open for the Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship, 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 Fellowship program will be held July 29 - August 3, 2025 at Columbia University in New York City
The application deadline is March 3, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET

Dart Center Names 2025 Documentary Film Fellows
The Dart Center has announced the 15 recipients of its second annual fellowship for documentary filmmakers. The 2025 fellows include outstanding filmmakers from four continents.


The Mercy Workers
This powerful, nuanced and sensitive piece offers a rare look into one case taken up by a little-known group of mitigation specialists, who have been working for three decades to save the lives of death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas.

Nightmare in Mission Hill: The Untold Story of the Charles and Carol Stuart Shooting
This gripping, beautifully written and deeply-reported investigation tells the story of the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart, and the people caught up in it who never managed to get free.

The Aftermath
This haunting and illuminating piece bravely side-steps the expected narrative, telling the story of Kristen Kinkel as she reckons with the crimes committed by her brother Kip. Twenty-five years ago, he killed their parents and opened fire at their high school.

Alone and Exploited
This brilliant, enraging five-part series exposes the astonishing resurgence of child labor in the United States, and reveals the profound failures that have led to this shadow workforce.

30 Years of Dart Award Honorees: 1994-2024
Since 1994, the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma have recognized exemplary reporting on the impact of trauma on individuals, families and communities. Below please find a complete list of our honorees.