Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Japan's Triple Disaster: Resources for Journalists

Links to resources in Japanese and English for journalists covering Japan's March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant crisis. Includes a Q&A with disaster expert Irwin Redlener, M.D., an article on Japanese cultural identity from Gavin Rees, and a comprehensive disaster reporting guide from reporter Yoichi Shimatsu.

A Seismic Jolt: Then the Grim Task Begins

By Gavin Rees

No country is better prepared for earthquakes than Japan. But as the death toll rises from the massive quake and damaged nuclear plants bring more peril, journalists will play a key role in how people make sense of the disaster.

Workshop: News Managers Who Cover the Middle East and Japan

At the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., a workshop for news managers responsible for Mideast and Japan coverage.

Hiroshima's Survivors

By Patrick Cox and Jennifer Goren

A 4-part series introducing listeners to living survivors of the atomic bomb blast.  Originally aired on PRI's The World in 2006.