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31 · A U G U S T
Self Care Amid Disaster
by Joe Hight
Coverage of any disaster, whether it is man-made or natural, can be a difficult venture for a newsroom. While it has been particularly devastating, Hurricane Katrina is similar to other disasters in that it caused death and destruction—and grief for many people ... |
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20 · J U L Y
First the Feelings, Then the Facts
by Steven M. Gorelick
Rather than sit quietly for a moment and take in the magnitude, the horror, of what was still happening, rather than be a human being empathizing with people in pain, I slipped almost too effortlessly into the secure pose of analyst ... |
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8 · J U L Y
Hurricane Opens Trauma Wounds
by Frank Ochberg
Now that a major storm has struck the same regions that were battered last year, people face something called re-traumatization. What does that mean and what can we do about it?
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17 · J U N E
News Ombudsmen and Stress
by Jeffrey Dvorkin
... Many of us come out of editorial and managerial ranks. All of us are well aware of the early signs of burn out ... |
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8 · J U N E
Letter From Dart Centre Europe
by Mark Brayne
The Dart Centre is poised this spring for a new surge of activity to introduce journalists and their organisations across the continent to the principles of Emotions, Trauma and Good Journalism ... |
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25 · M A Y
Document, Remember, Never Forget
by Sharon Rigbi
Without those who are remembered in the memorial days, Israel would never have come to exist, at least not in its current form... |
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21 · A P R I L
In Gaza: ‘We Have Had Enough’
by Dr. Edward Rynearson
Dr. Rynearson. a longtime consultant to the Dart Center, has traveled frequently to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, working with mental health professionals there. He gave us this report after his most recent visit ... |
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12 · A P R I L
10 Years Later: Reflecting in Oklahoma
by Joe Hight
Ten years later, the rubble has been replaced by a beautiful memorial frequented by thousands of people, refurbished buildings and a sense of pride in a renewed downtown area. Many of the journalists who distinguished themselves so greatly during the coverage remain in The Oklahoman's newsroom. ... |
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29 · M A R C H
BTK Killer: Remembering the Victims
by Joe Hight
The Wichita Eagle newsroom recently faced a coverage situation that few newspapers encounter: A serial killer resurfacing many years after his last killing ... |
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5 · M A R C H
Women reporting war: the three challenges
by Judith Matloff
Recently, I sat down with colleagues both male and female to ruminate about where women stood reporting on war. We came to a quick consensus that conditions had changed radically over the past decade ... |
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10 · F E B R U A R Y
The Tsunami: Covering Act II
by Joe Hight
The tsunami that wreaked utmost tragedy on parts of southern Asia has become one of the most overwhelming stories in the history of journalism ... |
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29 · J A N U A R Y
Historical Trauma Does Not Die
by Kevin Kawamoto
Auschwitz — and the larger Nazi Holocaust that it has come to symbolize — is a sobering reminder that collective historical trauma has a long, if not permanent, lifespan ... |
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30 · D E C E M B
E R
Our Eyes and Ears in a Complex World
by Kevin Kawamoto
At times like this, we are reminded of the pivotal role that journalists play in reporting on tragedies and disasters ... |
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17 · D E C E M B
E R
A Chilling Twist in
Military Justice
by Scott North
A wall of windows at The Herald's offices
looks out over the waters of Puget Sound. This
time of year, the waves are usually a chilly,
gunmetal gray. That's the same shade as the U.S.
Navy warships, massive and bristling with weapons,
that lumber around the waterfront... |
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26· O C T O B E
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Faces from Dafur
by Kevin Kawamoto
A young African boy is carrying an even younger
boy — his brother — on his back. Their
names, we learn, are Abdelrahim and Muhammad.
They live — or hide, rather — in their
"mostly abandoned" village of Darfur,
in the African nation of Sudan... |
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18 · O C T O B E
R
Journalists Working
Together
by Maria Alvarez
Four Dart Ochberg Fellows recently visited the
North County Times as part of a project
in which Fellows visit newsrooms to share their
experiences covering violence and trauma. Maria
Alvarez writes about the experience. |
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11 · O C T O B E
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Images
of War
by
Mark Brayne
The death in Iraq of the British hostage Ken Bigley
has been perhaps one of the most distressing of
many terrible images of very personal violence
coming into newsrooms and picture desks in recent
weeks. |
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17 · S E P T E M
B E R
Lessons
from 9/11 Survivors
by
Joe Hight
Both Abe and April described interviews that left
lasting negative impressions for them, including
one in which a reporter walked into April's house
without knocking. Others included "insensitive"
remarks such as "I understand what you're
going through" ... |
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7 · S E P T E M
B E R
Witnessing
Tragedy in Russia
by
Kevin Kawamoto
Perhaps unrecognized among the hundreds of victims
in Russia following the violent hostage situation
at a school in Beslan is a group of people who
bore witness to the gruesome tragedy ... This
group of people is the Russian journalists
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23 · J U N E
Patterns of Domestic
Violence
by
Cathy Bullock
If (journalists) don’t understand domestic
violence ... they’re not bringing all the
relevant facts to bear when they’re faced
with questions about how to handle the coverage
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11 · J U N E
Even Without Malice
...
by
Jenny Wishart
Last year I had the absolute tragedy of attending
the scene of my 15-year-old daughter Sheona’s
death. Four out of five media outlets published
factual inaccuracies that caused additional pain
and suffering to family, friends and those involved
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24 · M A Y
Breaking Tragic News
by Penny Cockerell
When we realize that we’ve inadvertently
broken news of a death to someone, it is our duty
as humans, as well as professional journalists,
to assist those relatives or friends until help
arrives. At the same time, we have a job to do
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11 · M A Y
The Till Case
by Meg Spratt
Mamie Till Mobley – whose son Emmett Till
was savagely murdered in Mississippi almost 50
years ago – knew something about respect
for victims, fighting for human rights, and the
power of photographs. Till's story reminds us
that softening the truth isn't necessarily respectful
to those in pain ... |
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21 · A P R I L
Women and Gun Violence
by Caitlin Kelly
Three women a day are killed in the U.S., most
often by men who they once thought loved them,
and who might argue that they still do. Three-quarters
of American women over the age of 12 will become
a crime victim ... |
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19 · A P R I L
Remembering Their Sacrifices
by Kevin Kawamoto
Not that it's ever been easy to write about war
from the frontlines, but the war in Iraq has taken
an ugly turn recently with fresh reports about
civilians being kidnapped ... |
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2 · A P R I L
Facing the Graphic Truth
by Penny Cockerell
Years ago when I spent time in Panama, rarely
did a day go by when the morning paper didn't
carry the full-color, front-page bloodied remains
of some poor guy killed the night before ... |
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22 · M A R C H
Reporting War: Lessons
From Iraq
by
Meg Spratt
Through American news media, we often see a sanitized
illusion of war, itself embedded with more mythology
of nation, self and patriotism than with the raw
truth of combat's trauma ... |
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20 · F E B R U A
R Y
Recognizing
Survivors:
The Clergy Scandal
by
Ron Claiborne
Last August, the defrocked pedophile priest John
Geoghan was strangled and pummeled to death in
his prison cell in Eastern Massachusetts. He was
being housed in Protective Custody ... |
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3 · F E B R U A
R Y
A
Reporter's Death
An Editor &
Publisher article is questioning whether
the death of a journalist is linked to his experience
as an embedded reporter in Iraq, but circumstances
of his apparent suicide are unclear ... |
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30 · J A N U A R
Y
Crisis
at the BBC
by
Mark Brayne
There is crisis at the BBC in London. As some
commentators would have us believe, the end of
British media freedom as we know it ... |
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28 · J A N U A R
Y
Trauma
and Community Coverage
by
Scott North
We gathered in a familiar place, sadly, for a
familiar reason. At the front of the courtroom
sat a young man in handcuffs ... |
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27 · J A N U A R
Y
"So
Much Humanity ..."
by
Jennifer Pitts
There's so much humanity in your vision of the
whole thing that it awes me. I was at the same
place at the same time and didn't open myself
to seeing the "person" that left this world yesterday
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26 · J A N U A R
Y
What We
Don't Learn in School
by
Kristen Armstrong
I have a bone to pick with you. The one thing
you didn't teach me - though I don't think it's
really possible to truly teach - is dealing with
trauma ... |
