As UN-backed airstrikes intensify and fighting continues between Gaddafi loyalists and rebel forces, conditions for journalists on the ground remain precarious.
The International Journalists' Network has released a new journalism safety toolkit featuring tips and resources from the Dart Center and our colleagues at the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Rory Peck Trust and the International Center for Journalists.
The past several weeks has seen a sharp spike in news coverage of the humanitarian crisis on the United States-Mexico border. On WNYC's "On the Media", Carlos Dada, co-founder and editor of the El Salvadoran newspaper El Faro, spoke with Bob Garfield about the crisis and what the US media is missing.
The Fort Hood Army Base in Killeen, Texas suffered a tragic second mass shooting yesterday when a soldier killed three people and wounded 16 others before fatally turning a gun on himself. Read the Dart Center's resources on covering such tragedies.
WITNESS has released a 6-part video series to accompany their written guide "Conducting Interviews With Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence," created in consultation with Dart Center Research Director, Elana Newman.
A homemade bomb was detonated outside of Manchester Arena on Monday night, killing 22 people and injuring 59 others. The Dart Center has resources and tips for journalists who are tasked with covering this tragedy.
A tractor-trailer slammed into a large crowd at a Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday night, killing 12 people and injuring dozens. The Dart Center has resources and tips in German and English for journalists who are tasked with covering this tragedy.
In announcing the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Yale University graduate student Annie Le on the morning of Sept. 17, New Haven Police Chief James Lewis did something I’ve never seen in a high-profile arrest announcement: He told a horde of reporters caught in a week-long national news frenzy that they had been presenting the story wrong.
Earlier this month, the Dart Center hosted a reception, awards presentation and winners’ roundtable to honor the 2019 Dart Award winners.
n clinical news, a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry found Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in 70% of those with implanted cardioverter-defibrillators, while a study in the British Journal of Psychiatry found adolescents with psychotic symptoms were more likely to be bullies as well as victims of bullying and to have been exposed to domestic violence. Iraqis in Iraq were reported to be at a much lower risk for PTSD than Iraqis who emigrate. A new VA report found 15% of veterans have experienced sexual trauma. A study of mice suggested that a shot of cortisol after a stressful event could prevent traumatization ...