As the heat wave and bush fire crisis continues across Australia, we have assembled resources for journalists on covering disaster and recovery, interviewing victims and survivors, and working with colleagues exposed to traumatic events.
Hundreds of fires swept across parts of New South Wales and South Australia on Saturday, as the severe heat wave and bush fire crisis continues.
A conversation between Michael Pfister and Lefteris Pitarakis.
The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of violence, trauma and tragedy across all media platforms. Judges will make two awards, each carrying a $5,000 cash prize. The submission deadline -- January 30, 2020 at 3:00 pm EST -- has passed.
The Dart community is mourning the loss of Alex Duval Smith, a Dart Center Ochberg Fellow, who died in Paris on Saturday of a sudden pulmonary infection.
The Dart Center plays a critical role in the worldwide campaign to defend press-freedom — and innovative, trauma-informed reporting is a crucial push-back against authoritarians, oligarchs and abusers of power everywhere.
Bruce Shapiro welcomes 28 journalists from 16 countries to Columbia Journalism School for the Dart Center's reporting institute, "Reporting on Refugees and Migration Through the Eyes of Young Children"; September 19, 2019.
This session delivered a primer on early brain development, dispelled common myths, and outlined the effects of instability and trauma on children, families, and communities.
This session examined how trauma, instability and displacement affect the health and development of children, youth and families in the short and long run, and offered examples of research on interventions targeting war-affected youth as well as refugee families.
This session explored the legal rights of children and refugees and provided an overview of refugee and migration policies in different countries.