Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

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Announcement

Must-see Films at Human Rights Watch Festival in New York

The Dart Center will co-sponsor the New York City premieres of the inspiring documentaries, Camp 14: Total Control Zone and My Afghanistan: Life in the Forbidden Zone, at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

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Neighbors David Davis and Brenda Landis hug each other after discovering they had both survived the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Tornado: Resources for Coverage

In the wake of a powerful tornado that killed 24 people, survivors returned to the wreckage and began the long process of recovery. The Dart Center offers tipsheets and resources for journalists and news managers covering the disaster's aftermath.

Donna DeCesare

Three-year-old Esperanza named her pigeon after her wheelchair-bound teenage uncle. He was shot by a rival gang member in a drive-by shooting. Taken in Watts, Los Angeles, 1994.

DeCesare: 20 Years On Gangs

For more than two decades, Donna DeCesare photographed gang members and their families in Central America and in refugee communities in the U.S. "Unsettled / Desasosiego" is her bilingual book, featuring those images and the stories of the people she followed. Documentary filmmaker and photographer Mimi Chakarova spoke to DeCesare about the work. With an excerpt from the foreword by Fred Ritchin, author and professor of photography and imaging at NYU.

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Dave Cullen, Dart Center Ochberg Fellow and bestselling author of Columbine, reacts as Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro poses a question during a panel addressing the aftermath of tragedy. Looking on are (from right) Ochberg Fellow Beth Macy, the Roanake Times; Candice Kane, Chief Operating Officer, Cure Violence, Chicago; and Steven Marans, Professor, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine.

Event Report

Symposium: Sandy Hook and Beyond

Click here to watch all of the symposium panels. Click here to read the Live Blog from the event. Click here for program details.

The daylong symposium: Sandy Hook and Beyond: Breaking News, Trauma and Aftermath took place on Monday at Columbia University. Regional and national journalists were joined by community leaders, mental health experts, policy advocates and Sandy Hook families and shared perspectives, discussed lessons learned and pointed the way towards responsible news coverage going forward.

Alan Chin

Exemplary Journalism

Bringing it Home: 2013 Dart Awards

On May 1, 2013, the Dart Center celebrated the 2013 Dart Awards winners and honorable mentions and presented a roundtable discussion. The conversation explored the story-behind-the-story, and drilled down on what's involved in undertaking hard-hitting, humane investigations of trauma and pursuing high-impact collaborations. Dart Foundation Vice President James Lammers and Dart Foundation Program Manager Claudia Deschaine presented the awards.

Dale Maharidge, Nick Turse and Bruce Shapiro spoke on a Dart Center-sponsored panel, "Good Wars, Bad Wars" at Columbia Journalism School.

Event Report

Good, Bad and Forever Wars

Dale Maharidge and Nick Turse, two dogged reporters whose new books unexpectedly carried them deep into the world of trauma and brain injury, participated in a Dart Center conversation that veered from collegial to chilling.

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Wed, 06/12/2013 - 9:45am

A Register For Freelance Journalists Launches

As freelancers become an increasingly important part of news coverage, a new effort in London has launched to help represent independent war journalists and photographers. More »

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Wed, 06/12/2013 - 9:23am

New Research from Japan on Journalists and Trauma

By Kelsey Parker and Elana Newman

Miho Hatanaka and her colleagues shared several English abstracts of their work on the impact of trauma and stress on journalists with Elana Newman and Kelsey Parker, who have provided a brief overview of the research findings. More »

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Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:57pm

Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Conversation on Haiti

In her new book, "Farewell, Fred Voodoo,” Amy Wilentz “wanted to explain the perception that the average Haitian is sitting around, after the earthquake, being once again ‘resilient.’ A conversation hosted by the Dart Center and The Earth Institute.
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Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:44pm

Suicide Rates Climb; Misperceptions Remain

Two troubling reports were released this past week about climbing suicide rates, each of which point out misperceptions in the public's understanding. More »

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