Witness: See It, Film It, Change It - Working with Survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence
January 29, 2017
Collection of videos from Witness covering sexual and gender based violence.
Resources for covering sexual assault
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Fiona Lloyd-Davies on Sexual Violence, and Her New Film
July 10, 2014 by Jane Feinmann, Fiona Lloyd-Davies
Fiona Lloyd-Davies’s new documentary tells the extraordinary tale of a Congolese woman who has supported more than 6,000 victims of rape since she and her daughter were raped, and her husband killed, in 2000. In a Dart Centre Europe exclusive, Lloyd-Davies discusses how she prepared to report this story and the challenges she faced.
Reporting on Sexual Violence
July 15, 2011
Quick tips on covering sexual violence, from preparation to writing the story. Click here for an Arabic translation. And click here for a Japanese version.
Apply Now: Outreach Producer, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Project
August 12, 2021
The Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma in Europe (DCE) has been engaged over the past two years in a project to produce best practice guidelines for journalists covering conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). It is now seeking to fill a seven-month contract to deepen the outreach of this new resource so that journalists and filmmakers around the world have the opportunity to build the principles in these guidelines into their working practice.
Training Steps
October 31, 2008 by Migael Scherer
An experienced journalism educator shares her teaching points for accurate, emotionally conscious stories and images.
Interviewing in the aftermath of trauma
March 8, 2022 by Kimina Lyall
Death, violence, war, terrorism, natural disaster, the COVID-19 pandemic - at some point within the past year many journalists within Asia Pacific will have reported on a story involving interviewees who had experienced a traumatic event. There is no infallible method for interviewing survivors and witnesses to trauma, Each case is unique and presents its own challenges. But this tip sheet brings together the collective experience of the Dart Centre Asia Pacific’s principal trainers to provide some general advice for interviewing in the aftermath of trauma, and recommendations for before, during, and after the interview.
Children of the Underground
February 24, 1998 by Mackenzie Carpenter, Allen Detrich
Part 1 of a Dart Award-winning account of the hidden network that shelters youngsters escaping from sexual or physical abuse at home — real or alleged — and a judicial system perceived as unwilling or unable to help them. Originally published in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette in December, 1997.
Reporter Defies Air Force Subpoena
November 30, 2004 by Jesse Tarbert
Unlike other journalists who have defied subpoenas recently, Miles Moffeit is not protecting a high-level government source or someone accused of a serious crime. He's protecting Leah Kaelin, an 18-year-old woman who says she was gang-raped at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas by four fellow airmen in June 2003.
A Hidden Cause of Chronic Illness
This illuminating feature explores the connection between domestic violence and chronic illness, drawing on recent scientific research and interviews with medical experts and survivors of violence. Judges called it “a tremendous story on a new concept” and praised Jetter for “clearly articulating the biological ramifications of trauma.” Originally published in More Magazine in November, 2013.
A Royal Commission Tip Sheet
September 5, 2013
Key tips from participants of the Dart Centre's daylong forum "Reporting Responsibly into the Royal Commission on Child Sexual Abuse."