The Dart Center offered a two-day reporting institute on covering gun violence for journalists reporting in the Midwest, February 10 and 11 in Chicago, Illinois. A select number of institute participants will be awarded three to six month reporting fellowships for 2017.
An innovative free resource is now available to journalists worldwide who have experienced distress on the job. The Traumatic Stress Clinic at The University of New South Wales, has developed a new program for current and former journalists offering assessment, treatment and education concerning possible posttraumatic stress disorder and related psychological injury.
The Age Boom Academy is now accepting applications for its annual three-day workshop for journalists, a joint project of the Columbia Aging Center and the Columbia Journalism School. This year's Academy, June 9 - 11, will focus on the future of work and retirement, and will feature leading experts in journalism, science and economics.
Cait McMahon, managing director of Dart Centre Asia Pacific, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia today for her pioneering leadership on behalf of journalists at risk of post-traumatic stress and other psychological injury.
Kala Lampard, Emma Williams and the Dart Center's Cait McMahon, who manages ABC's Trauma and Resilience program, reflect on dealing with trauma in the newsroom.
YDR/Sunday News has been awarded the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Foundation’s Public Service Award for its pioneering trauma journalism peer support program.
The Dart Center hosted a special half-day workshop on mindfulness practice, led by teachers from the monastic community founded by poet, author and activist Thich Nhat Hanh.
Full video, transcript and powerpoint presentation; “Guns and Gun Violence: Through a Public Health Lens”; May 29, 2015.
Full video, transcript and powerpoint presentation; “Guns and Intimate Partner Violence: What the Research Tells Us”; May 29, 2015.
In a recent TedX talk at the University of Tulsa, Dart Research Director Elana Newman offers perspective on the important role journalists can play in saving lives during a tragedy, mitigating violence and helping to restore justice.