Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Ochberg Fellowships Go Global!

The Dart Center invites midcareer journalists to apply for the 2012 Ochberg Fellowship Program.  For the first time the Fellowship is truly global, welcoming applications from midcareer journalists worldwide.

2012 Dart Award Winners Named

This year's winners of the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma: The New York Times, for  “Punched Out: The Life and Death of a Hockey Enforcer," and WNYC Radio, for its documentary “Living 9/11.” 

Resources: Covering Youth Violence

The Dart Center presents videos, tipsheets and other resources from a two-day workshop in Philadelphia to help journalists cover violence among youth. Made possible by generous funding from the Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health, with additional support from the Stoneleigh Foundation.

The Basics: What Every Reporter Needs to Know about IPV

By Stefanie Friedhoff

In this tipsheet building on the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Stefanie Friedhoff reviews essential background for reporting on IPV.

The Legwork: Where to Look, What Questions to Ask

By Stefanie Friedhoff

In this tipsheet building the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Stefanie Friedhoff reviews best practices for reporting.

Resources: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence

The Dart Center presents videos, tipsheets and other resources from a two-day workshop in New York City to help journalists cover abuse within intimate relationships. Made possible by generous funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

When Subjects are Young, The Rules Change

By Stefanie Friedhoff

In this tipsheet, building on the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Stefanie Friedhoff reviews how to navigate the challenges of reporting on youth.

The Big Map: Outlining Narratives

Two sets of Dart Award-winning writers and editors describe how they tackled their complicated stories, and reveal a common secret weapon: a (large) paper outline.

2012 Dart Awards

The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms. The application deadline is January 19, 2012.

The Hurt In Their Eyes

St. Petersburg Times photographer Edmund Fountain talks about his Dart Award-winning portraits of men whose lives are still shaped, up to 50 years later, by the brutal abuse they suffered at the Florida School for Boys.