Children deserve special consideration when tragedy strikes. Yet few journalists understand how children’s physical and social responses to trauma differ from those experienced by adults.
From guidance on naming minors to advice on age-appropriate interview techniques, these resources aid and inform journalists on how children affected by traumatic events can be involved in your reporting and news coverage in general.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is offering a three-day training institute for reporters and editors across Europe to deepen their knowledge of the impact of forced migration and displacement on children. This institute – part of the Dart Center’s “Childhood Forced Migration Journalism Project” – will be held April 4-6, 2025 at the Columbia Global Paris Center.
A Fundação e o Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma promovem formação inédita em primeira infância para editores no Brasil
The Dart Center announced the cohort for its first News Editors Institute on Early Childhood in Brazil to be held August 23-25, 2024.
In 2017 the Dart Center launched the Early Childhood Journalism Initiative (ECJI) to increase and strengthen reporting on the youngest children and their caregivers.