Reporting Advice from Dart Award Winners
May 2, 2017 by Samantha Broun, Erin Alberty
Dart Award winners Samantha Broun from Transom.org and Erin Alberty from The Salt Lake Tribune offer advice on covering trauma.
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2017 Dart Award Finalists
April 7, 2017
This year's Dart Awards went to The Salt Lake Tribune for its coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University and to Transom.org for “A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother." An honorable mention went to The New York Times.
The following nine pieces were finalists: ABC News and Marvel Comics, "Madaya Mom”; APM Reports, “In the Dark”; The Associated Press, “Honor Bound”; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “License to Betray”; The Boston Globe, "Private Schools, Painful Secrets”; The Chicago Tribune, “Tavon and the Bullet”; Reuters “The Road to Ward 17: My Battle with PTSD"; The St. Louis Post Dispatch, “The Crisis WIthin”; and Texas Monthly, “The Reckoning”
2017 Dart Award Winners Announced
April 7, 2017
This year's Dart Awards went to The Salt Lake Tribune for its coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University and Transom.org for “A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother.” An honorable mention went to The New York Times for "Lasting Scars." Please join us on May 3 for the Awards ceremony and winners' roundtable.
2017 Dart Awards: Deadline Passed
January 30, 2017
The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms. Judges will make two awards, each carrying a $5000 cash prize. The January 30, 2017 deadline has passed.
2016 Dart Awards: Presentation & Winner's Roundtable Discussion
June 21, 2016
Video coverage of the 2016 Dart Awards presentation and winners' roundtable, featuring Christopher Sherman and Dario Lopez-Mills of AP and Eli Saslow and David Finkel of the Washington Post, explored the story-behind-the-story of their Dart Award-winning pieces; drill down on what's involved in undertaking hard-hitting, humane investigations of trauma, and discuss innovative approaches to reporting on violence and tragedy.
2016 Dart Award Winners Announced
April 12, 2016
This year's Dart Awards went to The Associated Press for "The Other Disappeared" and The Washington Post for "A Survivor's Life." An honorable mention went to Matter. Please join us on May 4 for the Awards ceremony and winners' roundtable.
2016 Dart Award Finalists
April 12, 2016
This year's Dart Awards went to The Associated Press for "The Other Disappeared" and The Washington Post for "A Survivor's Life." An honorable mention went to Matter.
The following nine pieces were finalists: The Boston Globe, “The Life and Times of Strider Wolf”; CBS/ 60 Minutes, “30 Years on Death Row”; Frontline with ProPublica,“Terror in Little Saigon”; The Guardian US, “The Counted”; The Los Angeles Times, "The Loneliest War”; The Marshall Project with ProPublica, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”; NPR “Missed Treatment”; NPR “What Shapes Health”; and WNYC/Radio Rookies “Dating Violence”
Deadline Tonight! 2016 Dart Awards
January 27, 2016
The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms. Judges will make two awards, each carrying a $5000 cash prize. Entries must be submitted through the online application system by Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Award Winners Offer Advice on Covering Trauma
June 21, 2015
At this year's Dart Awards winners' roundtable, Melissa del Bosque, Andrea McDaniels, Mae Ryan, Glenn Smith and David Wood shared tips on covering violence, building trust and self-care.
2015 Dart Award Winners Announced
April 9, 2015
This year's Dart Awards went to The Texas Observer with The Guardian US for "Beyond the Border," The Huffington Post for "Moral Injury" and The Post and Courier for "Till Death Do Us Part." An honorable mention went to The Baltimore Sun. Please join us on April 30 for the Dart Awards panels and celebration.