Reporting Advice from The Outlaw Ocean Project: 2022 Dart Award Honoree
November 17, 2022 by Ian Urbina, Joe Sexton
Reporting Advice from Ian Urbina and Joe Sexton from The Outlaw Ocean Project
PTSD & Mental Health
First defined by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980, post-traumatic stress disorder — PTSD — is now a widely-recognized diagnosis backed up by decades of science.
What do reporters need to know about PTSD? How does it affect those we cover? What impact does it have on journalists themselves? And what should reporters understand about covering other mental health issues and disorders?
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- Scar Tissue: 1 Crime. 2 Writers. 18 Years.
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Resources for those covering the explosion in Donegal, Ireland
October 10, 2022On October 7, ten people were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in Donegal, Ireland.
The Dart Center has gathered a selection of resources to support journalists as they cover the tragedy and its aftermath.
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The Power of Listening
August 15, 2022 by Andrew HoggIn 2009, former news editor of the Sunday Times and the Observer Andrew Hogg spoke to journalism students at the City University in London about the treatment of torture victims. Below is the text of his illuminating speech.
(This was originally published on November 13, 2012, in the wake of the London High Court decision allowing three Kenyans to sue the UK government for torture they suffered during the 1950s and 60s Mau Mau revolution.)
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