Resources for Reporting on Early Childhood

Tip Sheets

Essential Tips for Interviewing Children
Guide for Reporting on Early Childhood
Glossary of Terms: Early Child Development

 

Media

2024
How Young Children Get to Know the World Around Them
The Neuroscience of Early Brain Development
Systemic Stressors on Caregivers and Children & Solutions
Parenting Begins Before Birth: The New Science of Prenatal Programming and Early Brain-Behavior Development
When Caregivers Need Care: Mental Health of Adults
War and the brain: How Conflict Impacts Young Children and Caregivers
Trauma-Informed Interviewing of Children and Caregivers
2022
Webinar I: Why we need to pay attention to the mental health of children and caregivers 
Webinar 2: How Reporting on Children and Caregivers Can Improve Migration Coverage
Webinar 3: Reporting on orphaned children and threats to family stability
Webinar 4: Looking at the climate crisis through the eyes of young children
2019
Welcome: Covering Children and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Keynote: Harnessing Media for Humanitarian Issues – Limits and Possibilities
Early Childhood Matters: State of Young Children in the Refugee Crisis
The Neuroscience of Adversity and Trauma: Mobilizing a Decade of Scientific Evidence to Help Children in Distress
Keynote: "Bright Future” for Refugee Children – Perspectives from a Syrian Psychiatrist
Policy: Helping Children to Thrive Under Stress
Interventions: Promoting Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Involving Children and Families in your Reporting
Innovations in Visual Journalism: Engaging the Viewer for the Hardest Stories
2018
Welcome: ECD Global Reporting Institute
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across the Life Course
The Neuroscience of Poverty, Adversity and Trauma
Promoting Resilience in the Face of Adversity
What’s the Best Way to Deliver Humanitarian Aid?
The Youngest Victims of War and Conflict
Early Childhood Matters 2018
The Economics of ECD
What Makes a Child-Friendly City?
Future Directions in Communicating the Science of Early Childhood Development
Interviewing Children: Multi-disciplinary Approaches
What is “Solutions Journalism”?
How to Inject ECD into Every Beat
ECD Database Overview / Speed Tutorial
Closing Remark
2017
Three Things All Journalists Should Understand About Early Childhood Science, Practice, and Policy
ECD and Journalism: What’s the Connection?
Building Better BrainsThe Neuroscience of Poverty, Adversity and Resilience
The Pillars of Science Journalism: Get Human & Don’t Dumb Down the Facts
Model Intervention Showcase
Violence, Conflict and the Impact on Children: Protecting the Mental Health of the World’s Most Vulnerable Populations
Advancing ECD: Policy on the Global Stage
How Technology Affects Young Children: What We Know about Media's Impact on Cognitive Development and Behavior
Data-Driven, Data-Informed: Telling High Impact Stories on ECD
Making Editors and News Consumers Care
Infancia Plena: A Case Study of Best Policy Practice in Ecuador
Cultural Interpretations of ECD: A Global Tour of Assumptions
Return on Investment: The Case for Early Childhood Development