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The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma invites you to a reception recognizing the winners of the 2008 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma followed by a panel with the award winners: "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Violence Against Women." Both the reception and the panel are free and open to the public.
5:30 – 8:00 pm
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
Joseph Pulitzer World Room
116th Street and Broadway
New York City, NY 10027
For further information or to RSVP, please email Kate Black at kate.black@dartcenter.org.
Winners of the 2008 Dart Awards are The Cleveland Plain Dealer for "Johanna: Facing Forward" — a remarkable nine-part series tracing the events that led to the 2007 shooting of 18-year-old Johanna Orozco by her 17-year-old boyfriend — and National Public Radio for "Sexual Abuse of Native American Women" — a startling two-part investigative series exposing both the fate of women assaulted on reservations and the web of impunity protecting their assailants.
Receiving Honorable Mentions are WFCR for "Love, War and PTSD: Peter and Anna Mohan" — a story of one couple coping with the effects of combat-related PTSD — and National Public Radio for "Mental Anguish, Injustice, and the Military" — a chilling investigative series of investigative on the mistreatment of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with serious mental health issues.
Presentation of this year's Dart Awards will be followed by a panel discussion:
Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Violence Against Women
Every year in the United States, approximately 132,000 women report that they have been victims of rape or attempted rape. Each year, 572,000 reports of assault by intimates are officially reported to federal officials, but estimates indicate two to four million women of all races and classes are battered annually. At least 170,000 of those violent incidents are serious enough to require hospitalization or a doctor's attention.
Reporting on violence against women, particularly in minority or marginalized communities, poses particular challenges. What special challenges confront journalists covering these issues? What are the reporting possibilities and pitfalls? What is involved in getting the story right?
Panelists include:
Gus Chan, Photographer, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rachel Dissell, Reporter, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Johanna Orozco, the young woman whose story is the focus of the Cleveland Plain Dealer's award-winning series
Laura Sullivan, Reporter, National Public Radio
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Established in 1995, the annual Dart Awards recognize exemplary journalism on the impact of violence, crime, disaster and other traumatic events on individuals, families and communities. The Dart Awards are administered by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the University of Washington.
Funded by the Dart Foundation of Mason, Mich., the Dart Center is dedicated to improving media coverage of trauma, conflict and tragedy. The Center also addresses the consequences of such coverage for those working in journalism. The Dart Center develops educational resources for use in journalism schools and news organizations, provides training and conducts research about news coverage of violence.
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