A long time fighter for journalists’ safety and security in her native Philippines, Weng Paraan has been honoured as one of the world’s Information Heroes by Reporters Without Borders.
New Zealand's Law Commission recommends Parliament restrict the media's reporting on suicides in an effort to prevent copycat suicides.
Earlier this month, a series exploring suicide prevention efforts for teenagers, college students and elderly Americans aired on Arizona public radio. It was produce by participants of the Dart Center's 2012 "Covering Suicide" workshop.
The 2014 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting has been awarded to Ochberg Fellow David Philipps for his coverage of the mistreatment of wounded combat veterans for the Colorado Springs Gazette.
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.
The Fort Hood Army Base in Killeen, Texas suffered a tragic second mass shooting yesterday when a soldier killed three people and wounded 16 others before fatally turning a gun on himself. Read the Dart Center's resources on covering such tragedies.
The Dart Center hosted a delegation of broadcast journalists at Columbia Journalism School for a wide-ranging conversation on covering violence.
A recent piece in the Washingtonian by journalist Asra Q. Nomani, a colleague and close friend of Daniel Pearl, recounts her long journey to find out what happened to Pearl and to try to make peace with it.
A new report by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) and the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) found nearly two-thirds of women in the news media have experienced some form of intimidation, threats or abuse.
On January 25, the 2013-2014 Ochberg Fellows concluded a week of seminars and conversations on new developments in trauma science, and journalism craft and practice on issues of violence, conflict and trauma.