On the Front Lines in Syria
December 20, 2019 by Lefteris Pitarakis, Michael Pfister
A conversation between Michael Pfister and Lefteris Pitarakis.
Resources for Self-Care & Peer Support
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Occupational Distress in Factual TV
This report is the first to map in detail the risks that traumatic stress and moral injury pose to those working in documentary and factual TV. In releasing it, the Dart Centre is calling for informed policies around the management of traumatic content, greater awareness of mental health, and more attention on ethical and emotional challenges of working with vulnerable contributors.
Op-Ed: "Our Role is to Campaign" DCAP Hosts Retreat for Aboriginal Journalists
April 7, 2019 by Amy McQuire
Amy McQuire reflects on a Dart Centre Asia Pacific retreat focussed on Indigenous trauma reporting, and explains why she believes Aboriginal journalists need to embrace an advocate's role.
News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment
April 2, 2019
The News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment provides a tool for news outlets to review and improve their current safety practices and protocols. It should help news organizations to identify and better understand their own weaknesses and strengths in relation to the security of all individuals working for them exposed to danger, including freelancers.
ACOS Launches News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment
April 2, 2019
The ACOS Alliance today launched a new resource that will help news outlets to review and improve their current safety practices and protocols.
Dealing with Hate Campaigns: Toolkit for Journalists
March 1, 2019 by Johanna Vehkoo
A tip sheet for journalists and newsroom managers on dealing with online hate speech and harassment. Click here for a Spanish version.
Journalist Awarded Damages for PTSD, Anxiety, Depression
February 25, 2019
In what appears to be the first successful case of its kind, a Melbourne crime reporter has been awarded $180,000 in damages for post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression.
Dart Contributes to Rory Peck Trust's Ukraine Safety Project
May 23, 2018
Freelance journalists and photographers from all corners of Ukraine came together for a five-day workshop in Kiev.
You Can Help! Online Harassment Survey
May 16, 2018
Dr. Elana Newman and her staff have developed an anonymous online survey to better understand journalists’ experience with online harassment.
Peering into the Meditating Mind
May 15, 2018 by Bruce Lieberman
Mindfulness meditation has been practiced for millennia – and today it's a billion-dollar business. But how much does the practice really affect our health?