Investigating Guns with CIR's Shoshana Walter
Know the laws. Don't take their word for it. Understand that the worst offenders can fall outside of existing regulations.
Know the laws. Don't take their word for it. Understand that the worst offenders can fall outside of existing regulations.
Make sure your facts and assertions are bulletproof. Look for subjects and issues that no one, not even the most ardent gun-rights activists, can dispute. Make your story about people.
An overview of current research on the occupational hazards for journalists covering traumatic events, the risk factors that aggravate those effects, and some suggestions for mitigating those factors. Originally published by River Smith and Elana Newman in January, 2009; Updated by Susan Drevo in May, 2016, and by Autumn Slaughter in March, 2019.
Clinical psychologist Nancy Crown offers background and practical tips for interviewing subjects with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Photographs and video of horrifying, violent acts may provide essential documentation of human tragedy. But however compelling its news value, traumatic imagery needs to be handled with care, as it can place the wellbeing of those who work with it at risk. Click for Arabic, French and Spanish translations.
In this tip sheet, Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter and 2008 Dart Award Winner Rachel Dissell offers advice for reporters on understanding forensic testing, crime laws, and how sexual violence can impact survivors and their communities. For the full report, click here. And click here for the Plain Dealer's Reinvestigating Rape project, reported by Dissell and her her colleague Leila Atassi.
A Dart Center Tip Sheet for College Media Advisors, Editors and Student Journalists.
A Dart Center Tip Sheet for College Media Advisors, Editors and Student Journalists.
A Dart Center Tip Sheet for College Media Advisors, Editors and Student Journalists.
A Dart Center Tip Sheet for College Media Advisors, Editors and Student Journalists.