Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

2011 Dart Awards Honor Outstanding Reporting on Institutions

There are many forces that suppress stories of trauma, from the active denial of perpetrators to the passive denial of those who prefer to look away.  But when human tragedy is embedded in complex institutions — high school, higher ed, the military — the challenges of reporting and storytelling multiply. More »

Three Questions on Campus Rape

Kristen Lombardi, staff writer for the Center for Public Integrity, answers three questions about the knowledge, methods and ethics needed to report sexual assault on college campuses.

Covering Campus Sexual Assault

By Bruce Shapiro

Center for Public Integrity staff writer Kristen Lombardi explains how she pierced the shroud of secrecy surrounding rape on college campuses.

Dart Fellows in the News

The last weeks have seen a number of journalists who have participated in Dart Center programs winning awards for their reporting and publishing stories on issues of trauma and journalism. If there are any we missed, please add them in the comments. More »

Investigating Mental Health, Trauma

By Jesse Tarbert

Atlanta — The shielding of records about children in public care has "done more to harm children and protect adults than anything else," said Jane Hansen of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She spoke on a panel on mental-health issues co-sponsored by the Dart Center at the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Atlanta.