Resource Roundup: Covering Migration & Refugees
A list of resources that provide best practices, guidelines and expert advice on covering migration.
A list of resources that provide best practices, guidelines and expert advice on covering migration.
David Handschuh, staff photographer for the New York Daily News, had just returned to his office when his editor told him to go to Littleton, Colorado. Six hours after watching the event unfold on television, he was at Columbine, covering the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
At this year's APME NewsTrain, Robyn Tomlin of Project Thunderdome presented on creating a plan for digital coverage of major breaking news stories, as well as the best newsroom tools for executing top-notch coverage in real time.
Ochberg Fellow Mike Walter and his CCTV America team have won an award for their short documentary "Afterwar Photographer," which focuses on the work of Ochberg Fellow Lori Grinker.
This session examined how trauma, instability and displacement affect the health and development of children, youth and families in the short and long run, and offered examples of research on interventions targeting war-affected youth as well as refugee families.
Several organizations have been soliciting and organizing aid for journalists affected by the South Asian tsunami.
I've always been a slightly nervous person. I laugh a lot and cry a lot, and I wear my heart on my sleeve. But, I have never had a problem. I got the occasional dizzy spell from being completely hyper, but nothing else; I just lived my life and it was fine.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, in partnership with the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), today announces the launch of the 2023 Journalist Trauma Support Network (JTSN) training program. The JTSN program trains mental health clinicians to support journalists challenged by covering violence, crisis and tragedy.
At first blush, the cultures of journalism and the military seem as opposite as transparency and secrecy. But in one respect, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the British Navy are identical: They each have a robust peer support program designed to deal with the emotional stress of working in a realm of violence and death.
Journalists who want to get better at reporting the toughest issues have only three days left to submit their applications for the 2009 Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships. Fellows can look forward to expert training in the science of emotional trauma and how to apply it to storytelling; they can also look forward to joining a great network.