Ochberg fellow Aaron Glantz highlights the failures of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide disability benefits to veterans.
Suggested ways news personnel can minimise further harm when working with victims and survivors.
A report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on how to interact with children and young adults in the aftermath of disasters and other traumatic experiences.
Selected excerpts from a panel discussion between journalist Pete Hamill, psychologist Elana Newman, and psychiatrist Jonathan Shay about journalistic, clinical, and political dimensions of trauma.
When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity.
Nearly every journalist in the course of their career will interview people who have experienced significant trauma. But how many receive any training for the task? This article describes how role-playing traumatic incidents might give student journalists valuable insight and hone crucial interviewing skills.
Suggestions for journalists interviewing service members returning from Iraq, the Middle East, or Afghanistan.
It was going to be a big story, my journalist told me. In fact, it was going to be huge—my story had all the right elements for the ultimate tale of ‘triumph over tragedy’.