Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Witnessing the Human Cost of Climate Change

By Petra Tabeling and Gavin Rees

A Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum brought experts together in Bonn, Germany in June, 2010 to talk about how best to tell the global story of climate change – and the local one.

Grief in the Gulf

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is different from a war or an earthquake, but the traumatic impact is just as real. The challenge to journalists is to report the slow-motion disaster while seeking stories of resilience and possible recovery.  

Covering Katrina's Aftermath

Times-Picayune Reporter Michael Perlstein

By Gina Barton

When reporter Michael Perlstein stayed on the front lines of the New Orleans Times-Picayune's hurricane Katrina coverage, he had no idea what he was getting into.