2020 Dart Awards Video
November 12, 2020
Video coverage of the 2020 Dart Awards presentation and winners' roundtable, hosted by CNN's Anderson Cooper.
Resources for PTSD & Mental Health, Children & Youth
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Story Ideas: Trauma Journalism in the Time of Coronavirus
May 13, 2020 by Rachel Dissell
How can journalists start thinking about aftermath when there is no end in sight?
Reporting and Covid-19: Tips for Journalists
April 16, 2020 by Susan Kaplan
Tips and tools to report safely and effectively during the coronavirus pandemic, updated regularly following Dart Center webinars.
How Does the Human Soul Survive Atrocity?
April 8, 2020 by Jennifer Percy, Adam Ferguson
This story focuses on psychologist Jan Kizilhan, a German of Kurdish Yazidi origin, and recent graduates of his program in Psychotraumatology at the University of Duhok, Iraq who are working with Yazidi children returning to their families after years in ISIS captivity. Judges called the piece “explanatory reporting at its best,” and praised the “equally matched excellence of the writing and photography.” They noted the “lean narrative style that builds momentum with deft pacing and layering of personal and contextual details,” and the “use of different visual techniques to convey in a metaphorical way the emotional inner turmoil of the children.” Originally published in the New York Times Magazine on October 31, 2019.
Covering Trauma in Schools
March 16, 2020 by Lee Romney
How education reporters can produce compelling stories on student trauma without promoting stereotypes.
Trauma-Informed Interviewing: Techniques from a Clinician’s Toolkit
November 12, 2019 by Katherine Porterfield
Full video "Trauma-Informed Interviewing: Techniques from a Clinician’s Toolkit" from the Dart Center's reporting institute, "Reporting on Refugees and Migration Through the Eyes of Young Children"; September 20, 2019.
Workshop Summary: Reporting on Refugees and Migration Through the Eyes of Young Children
November 8, 2019
In September 2019, the Dart Center hosted a journalism training workshop focused on children and the international refugee crisis.
Sept 19-22, 2019
Resources: Reporting on Refugees and Migration Through the Eyes of Young Children
New York, NY - United States - Asia Pacific
To prepare news professionals worldwide to cover refugee and migrant children and families with greater knowledge, depth, and skills, the Dart Center hosted a four-day journalism training workshop focused on children and the international refugee crisis. Twenty-eight journalists from around the world will be selected to participate. Workshop resources are now available.
Believed: “The Parents” and “What Have You Done?”
April 8, 2019 by Kate Wells, Lindsey Smith, Jennifer Guerra, Sarah Hulett, Alison MacAdam, Juliet Hinely, Zoe Clark, Vincent Duffy
These two episodes of the ambitious podcast "Believed" – “The Parents” and “What Have You Done?” – focus on Larry Nassar’s victims and their families, exploring the complicated, conflicted emotions that can persist when people are victimized by a seemingly known and trusted person. Judges recognized the "enormous trust" the reporters built with everyone they interviewed, allowing the survivors and parents to “reveal their deepest regrets and vulnerabilities,” and calling the end result "intimate," "revelatory," and "profound." Originally published by Michigan Radio in January 2018.
Jan 20-23, 2019
Reporting Resources: Covering Children and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Amman - Jordan
The Dart Center hosted a four-day journalism training workshop in Amman, Jordan, with a special focus on the Syrian refugee crisis and response. Workshop resources are now available.