Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Good Wars, Bad Wars: A Special Conversation

On Tuesday, the Dart Center hosted a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dale Maharidge and Ridenhour Prize-winning journalist Nick Turse about their acclaimed new books which revise our understanding of two very different wars. In Bringing Mulligan Home, Columbia Journalism professor Dale Maharidge goes in search of the ghosts that haunted his WWII veteran father. In Kill Everything that Moves, journalist and historian Nick Turse uncovers secret Pentagon records and tracks down survivors and perpetrators, revealing the brutal consequences of America’s military policy in Vietnam.

At War: Notes From the Front Lines

By Thomas James Brennan and James Dao

Brennan, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in Afghanistan and was diagnosed with PTSD upon returning home, offers a uniquely personal and clear-eyed account of military culture and life as a veteran. Judges called Brennan’s blogging “fresh,” “powerful” and “profound.” Brennan's contributions to the "At War" blog were originally published in the New York Times in 2012.

Berichten über Leben und Tod

By Petra Tabeling

Was Medienberichte für Überlebende bewirken, wie man ihrem Zeugnis gerecht wird, welche Rolle Journalisten spielen und was ihr Umgang mit Sprache bewirkt – das diskutierten Überlebende und internationale ReporterInnen auf dem diesjährigen Global Media Forum in Bonn auf Einladung des Dart Centers Europe.

How YouTube Is Changing Conflict Reporting

By Stan Alcorn

PBS' "Frontline" recently brought together a group of international experts in conflict reporting to talk about new challenges and needs in the field. The network also recorded the event, and has just made available online polished videos of lively conversations between journalists and advocates from Current TV, the New York Times, the Committee, Protect Journalists and others. More »

New Safety Code for Australian News Media

By Cait McMahon

A code to protect the safety of media professionals was launched yesterday at the "Reporting Wars: Challenges and Responsibilities" conference in Sydney, Australia. More »

“So the Audience Will Never Forget”

A Dart Center Q & A with Jon Alpert

By Olga Kravtsova

Jon Alpert is an award-winning reporter and documentary filmmaker whose recent work includes "Baghdad ER" and "Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq," directed and filmed with Matthew O'Neill for HBO. Alpert is also a co-founder and co-director of the Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV).

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.

Shooting Violence

By Nael Shyoukhri

I would like to tell you about some of my experience concerning filming and watching videos of violence in my area. During the last 10 years of fighting and war, I have had to witness many many very violent pictures, and I and my colleagues hope that this will be useful for other people and journalists to learn from.

Reporting War: Lessons From Iraq

By Meg Spratt

At Berkeley's conference on The Media at War, speakers raised tough questions about press freedom and independence, about the relationship between media and military, and about the ethics of presenting, or withholding, graphic and disturbing details to mainstream audiences.

Panel: Good Wars, Bad Wars

At Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize-winner Dale Maharidge and Ridenhour Prize-winner Nick Turse in conversation with Dart Center Executive Director, Bruce Shapiro

Forum: Truth Commission on Conscience in War

At Riverside Church in New York City, community and religious leaders, advocacy groups and artists, will receive testimony from veterans and experts about moral and religious criteria of just war.

Witnessing and Picturing Violence

By Donna DeCesare

In a multimedia presentation covering gangs and paramilitaries, earthquakes and HIV, a photographer and educator explores how collaboration is the key to making images that are both powerful and responsible.