Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Interviewing Victims: Ethics and Practice

By Elaine Korry, Kristen Lombardi, and Sacha Pfeiffer

In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," three experienced journalists talk about what every journalist should know.

Battered Women and Children: Research and Resilience

By Susan Herman, Janice C. Humphreys, and Bruce Shapiro

In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Sussan Herman, J.D. and Janice Humphreys, Ph.D, RN, NP, discuss frameworks for understanding responses to intimate partner violence from biology and criminal justice.

Keynote: Maria Hinojosa on Cross-Cultural Reporting

By Maria Hinojosa

In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," broadcast journalist Maria Hinojosa talks about reporting on violence across cultures.

Welcome and Overview

By Bruce Shapiro

In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro gives an overview of the purposes and content of the program.

Research Briefing: Adverse Childhood Experiences

By Robert Anda, M.D.

In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Robert Anda, M.D. presents the stunning findings from a CDC study of the effects of adverse experiences in early childhood.

Conversation: Tragedy and the Media

By Malcolm L. Astley, Ed.D. and Sacha Pfeiffer

In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence," Sacha Pfeiffer interviews Malcolm Astley about the media coverage of the murder of his daughter, Lauren Astley.

Open Letter: ASPAC Journalism Fellows Defend Threatened Colleague

 An open letter to the government of Pakistan, calling for an investigation of the attempted abduction of Dart Centre Asia Pacific Fellow Afnan Khan.

The Big Map: Outlining Narratives

By Stan Alcorn

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

By Stan Alcorn

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.