As Street Protests In Egypt Continue, Tips For Journalists
As street protests in Egypt continue, a helicopter carrying former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak landed at a hospital across the street from the prison yesterday, where he had been held. Mubarak, who...
View Article"This Is My Limit": Two Aussie Journalists Forego Commission Coverage
Neither Suzanne Smith nor Joanne McCarthy will be covering the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. When her ABC editors came to Suzanne and suggested she do so, she...
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De Cesare Wins Cabot Prize
Donna De Cesare, the Dart Center’s Latin America Coordinator and Gallery Curator, is a recipient of the prestigious 2013 Maria Moors Cabot Award gold medal for outstanding reporting on Latin America...
View ArticleAustralia's Age Newspaper Wins Landmark PTSD Case
An Australian photojournalist has failed in her bid to sue The Age newspaper for damages over her post-traumatic stress disorder.The award-winning photographer, who can only be referred to as AZ,...
View Article“We Can’t Take It Anymore”: Syrian Journalists Visit J School
“Right now, the most dangerous profession in Syria is to be a journalist on the frontline,” a Syrian print and radio journalist told a packed room of students, faculty and observers at the Columbia...
View ArticleMaking Sense Of Mass Shootings
Monday’s Navy Yard shooting, which resulted in the deaths of 13 people including the gunman, added to the rising tally of mass shootings across the country in 2013. Mother Jones counts the Navy Yard...
View ArticleDart in the News: Ochberg Fellows Speak Out About Trauma
Dart Center Ochberg Fellows Sally Sara, an award-winning journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation who has reported from conflict zones around the world, and Mike Walter, a senior...
View ArticleThe Aftermath of a Trial
An Australian photojournalist’s failed bid to sue Melbourne’s The Age newspaper for damages over her post-traumatic stress disorder has sparked calls for a new industry-wide response by media companies...
View ArticleBook Review: Thank You For Your Service
Click here to download the prologue, excerpted from THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE by David Finkel, published in October 2013 by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC....
View ArticleGoing Beyond Body Count In Haiyan Aftermath
The local and international journalists descending on Tacloban and other devastated swaths of the Philippines can play a far more active role than waiting for official body counts. After the Fukoshima...
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AP-NORC Announces Journalism Fellowship on Community Resilience
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has announced a new fellowship, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, that will focus on community resilience in times of crisis.The...
View ArticleWITNESS Launches Video Series: Conducting Interviews with Survivors of Sexual...
WITNESS has released a 6-part video series to accompany their written guide "Conducting Interviews With Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence," created in consultation with Dart Center Research...
View ArticleIn Kiev Riots, Journalists Targeted
Dmytro Gnap, an investigative journalist and reporter for Ukraine's Hromadske TV, was among the first people targeted by Kiev police last week as the mass protests there were just beginning. Gnap was...
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65% of Women Journalists Experience Abuse & Harassment, says INSI-IWMF Survey
Almost two-thirds of women journalists have experienced intimidation, threats or abuse in relation to their work, according to findings from the first global survey of violence and harassment of women...
View ArticleFreelancers In Focus
When news industry experts, including Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro and Dart Centre Europe Director Gavin Rees, gathered in Morocco at the News XChange conference last month, discussion...
View ArticleThe Utoya Effect: A New Study Finds Surprising Results
In the aftermath of Norway’s Utoya massacre in 2011, Trond Idås, a Dart Center fellow and former journalist who advises the Norwegian Journalists Union, embarked on a study of journalists who covered...
View ArticleSandy Hook 911 Recordings: Real Value or Shock Value?
The 911 audio recordings from the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Newton, Connecticut, were released on December 4, after the Associated Press sued for access. Media outlets are debating whether...
View ArticleTurkey and Syria Top Worst of Year Lists, Again
In 2013, Turkey and Syria defended their titles as worst jailer of journalists and most dangerous place for journalists, respectively. Forty journalists were jailed in Turkey in 2013, according to the...
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New Verification Handbook Released
The Verification Handbook, released last week by the European Journalism Centre, features tools and advice on verifying content in breaking news situations. The handbook is currently accessible online,...
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A Lawyer for "AZ" Speaks Out
Lawyer Bree Knoester has practised in personal injury litigation for twelve years – first as a law clerk in a national personal injury firm, then as a solicitor in the insurance litigation group in an...
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