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You Can Help! Survey to Understand Occupational Stress
Recent surveys have found that high levels of job stress and harassment are affecting the careers and mental health of many working journalists, but little is known about the specific hazards that...
View ArticleIn Aftermath of Sydney Siege, Resources for Journalists
An Iranian-born gunman seized 17 hostages in a cafe in the heart of Australia's largest city Monday morning. The deadly siege ended 16 hours later with a barrage of gunfire that left two hostages and...
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Ochberg Fellows Conclude Week at Columbia
On January 22, the 2014-2015 Ochberg Fellows concluded an intense week of seminars and conversations on trauma science, journalism craft and ethics around covering violence, conflict and trauma. The...
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New Site Helps Kids Cope with Bad News
Behind the News, a weekly ABC News broadcast, has launched a new web page designed to support students who are exposed to upsetting news. Instead of ignoring stories that may seem difficult for...
View ArticleField Safety and Peer Support: Tips from an ABC Cameraman
Peter Drought, a Melbourne-based Camera Operator, has worked in the news industry for 25 years. At the start of his career, he glamorized crews that filmed on the front lines, but he says he wasn’t...
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Newsrooms Face Challenge Amid Surge of Graphic Imagery
In an article for Poynter this week, Katie Hawkins-Gaar considers the mental health challenges faced by journalists tasked with watching and vetting graphic user-generated content. She also examines...
View ArticleSolutions Journalism Network Launches Comprehensive Toolkit
The Solutions Journalism Network has released a 48-page guide to encourage rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Designed for journalists already familiar with traditional reporting...
View ArticleIncidencia del estrés en la labor periodística es investigada por científicos
Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en Ética Segura.Las consecuencias del cubrimiento de tragedias, las precarias condiciones laborales y hasta el acoso sexual en el gremio periodístico están...
View ArticlePeter Greste Shares Strategies for Coping in Confinement
Al-Jazeera correspondent Peter Greste spent 400 days in an Egyptian prison. Arrested in 2013 along with two colleagues, Greste was tried on charges that included spreading false news and aiding the...
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GroundTruth Project Launches Field Guide for Correspondents
The GroundTruth Project has released a 61 page guide to encourage safe on-site reporting in all corners of the world. The 2015 edition of "GroundTruth: A Field Guide for Correspondents" features a call...
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Dart, Digital First Media Collaborate on Peer Support Program
About a year ago, the Dart Center partnered with Digital First Media and set something in motion: An effort at a company-wide peer-support program for journalists who cover stories of trauma and...
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In Aftermath of Cyclone Pam, Resources for Journalists
A cyclone ravaged the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu early on Saturday, killing at least 24 people and displacing upwards of 3,000, according to the United Nations. The category five tropical storm...
View ArticleViolence Against Women Reaches Alarming Rates
More than one in three women worldwide say they have experienced physical violence in their lifetime, according to a staggering new report presented to the United Nations General Assembly last week....
View ArticleFellow and Award Nominee Team Up
Ochberg Fellow Dave Philipps and Dart Award Honorable Mention recipient Thomas James Brennan co-wrote a front page article for the New York Times about U.S. veterans, disenchanted with civilian life,...
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Review Calls Disputed Rolling Stone Campus Rape Story Case of ‘Journalistic...
A four-month independent review of a Rolling Stone article about a brutal gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity has concluded the magazine failed in the “reporting, editing, editorial...
View ArticleAmerican University & Pulitzer Center Host Discussions on Freelance Safety
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and American University recently teamed up to sponsor two panel discussions on the dangers facing freelance journalists working in hostile environments...
View ArticleStudy Sheds Light on Psychological Effects of Covering Trauma
In the aftermath of the 2011 Utoya shooting massacre in Norway, journalist and researcher Trond Idås teamed with researcher Klas Backholm on a study that found that journalists who felt that their...
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Families of Mass Shooting Victims Ask Media Not to Name Killers
Family members of those killed in some of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history have issued a challenge to 150 media executives nationwide, urging them to change the way they report on...
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Must-see Multimedia Project Depicts Violence in Central African Republic
At the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, the Dart Center will co-sponsor the New York City premiere of the multimedia project, The Unravelling. Afterwards, Human Rights Watch Emergencies director Peter...
View ArticleUN Adopts Resolution on Protection of Journalists in Conflicts
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution last week on the protection of media professionals in conflict zones. The measure urges governments and armed groups alike to take...
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