Be human first. Do as much pre-reporting as possible. Find out what questions the child has been asking. When possible, immerse. Make them comfortable. Leave them in a good place. Verify what they’ve told you. And don’t underestimate them.
The Dart Center will host a four-day journalism training workshop in Amman, Jordan, with a special focus on the Syrian refugee crisis and response.
The Dart Center offered a four-day global reporting institute for journalists on early childhood development, trauma, and resilience June 28 - July 1 2018, at Columbia Journalism School in New York City. The next training program in the series, Covering Children and the Syrian Refugee Crisis, is now open for applications.
The Dart Center's annual four-day crisis zones reporting course and its lead instructor, Judith Matloff, are featured in Das Medienmagazin Journalist.
The Age Boom Academy is now accepting applications for its annual three-day workshop for journalists. This year's Academy, May 31 - June 2, will focus on the impacts of new technology on an aging workforce, and will feature leading experts in journalism, science and economics.
In March 2017, the Dart Center organized a four-day reporting institute on covering early childhood development for 45 journalists from 26 countries at Columbia Journalism School in New York City.
In February 2017, the Dart Center organized a two-day workshop on covering gun violence for 35 journalists at WBEZ in Chicago.
The Dart Center is offering a four-day reporting institute for international journalists on early childhood experience and the developing brain, March 9-12, 2017 at Columbia Journalism School in New York City. The application deadline has passed.