Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

How to make a difference for survivors

By Petra Tabeling

How to make a difference in reporting about human rights, doing justice to testimonies and finding the right balance and language was at the core of this years’ Dart Center Europe panel “Reporting about human rights without infringing the rights of those who are reported on” at the Global Media Forum in Bonn.

Photography in the Killing Fields

Photojournalist Nic Dunlop tracked down a notorious Khmer Rouge prison warden, now on trial for crimes against humanity. Dunlop speaks to the Dart Center about the limits of journalism and justice.

Rwanda Documentary Illuminates Lingering Effects of Genocide

By Kevin Kawamoto

Through the window of an airplane about to land in Rwanda, the verdant mountains and lush foliage below appear as a slice of paradise on earth. But those familiar with the history of this central African nation know that its past is far from heavenly.

Guatemala: Heartbreak and Hope

Introduction

By Scott North and Donna DeCesare

The stories of Guatemalans reveal a community haunted by civil war and genocide and threatened by the drug trade and gang violence.

Rwanda: Eight Years Later

By Liisa Hyvarinen Temple

In these articles Liisa Hyvarinen describes her meetings with Rwandese journalists and her impressions of that country.

Rwanda: Beauty and Loss

By Deirdre Stoelzle-Graves

In these remarkable messages, sent to the Dart Center from Rwanda, Deirdre Stoelzle-Graves shares impressions of that country.

The Healing Fields

By Jane Hoback and Ellen Jaskol

A 12-part series about a couple who survived the Cambodian killing fields and returned years later to help others. The devistation of genocide is revealed through their own journey and that of the women they seek to rescue fro a life of prostitution. Originally published in the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) in June, 2004.