As Zero Dark Thirty stokes controversy over the use of torture techniques, a new short documentary by filmmaker Laura Poitras examines the death of a Guantanamo prisoner.
Dangerous bushfires raged across Australia as stunning images of the events were captured by survivors—and an astronaut. See the Dart Center's tips on ethical reporting of bushfire survivors, treatment of affected communities and self-care when reporting on such disasters.
2011 Ochberg fellow Aaron Glantz reveals that in the fiscal year that ended in September, the Department of Veterans Affairs paid $437 million in retroactive benefits to the survivors of nearly 19,500 veterans who died waiting for their benefits.
“All journalists are constantly negotiating stress in both positive and negative ways,” said the Dart Center's Bruce Shapiro, in an interview with the Poynter Institute.
In the southern Philippines, the death toll from Typhoon Bopha has exceeded 1,000 as rescue workers continue to search for hundreds of missing. Dart Center resources for journalists are available.
In one of the most dangerous years for journalists to date, Richard Engel, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent, has been freed along with his crew following five days of captivity in Syria.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Dart Center staff and affiliates were in the news, speaking about best practices for journalists covering tragedy involving children, and how to move forward.
Following Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Dart Center's executive director Bruce Shapiro has been asked by multiple news outlets to discuss the ethics of interviewing children in the midst of tragedy.
“Reporting on mass shootings and other large-scale attacks and killings tests the skill of reporters and the judgment of news organizations,” writes Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro, in a recent issue of Walkley magazine.
2009 Ochberg Fellow Peter Cave has won the 2012 Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.