Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Articles tagged Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (5)

Peer support will be a critical part of newsroom resilience

“Increasing our skills around talking about the compassion, rigor, and experience needed to cover the toughest stories will make a difference in improving newsroom resilience, wellbeing, and journalism craft.” Phoebe Connelly

Sarah ScireApril 22, 2021

Facing “unprecedented demand,” The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma expands (and adapts) its offerings

“We were changed by the practicalities of the pandemic. But we’re also changed by a radical shift of awareness in journalism of the challenges of covering these events, and the psychological costs to journalists of unremitting stress.”

Matthew Ricketson and Alexandra WakeMarch 8, 2019

Should news orgs be legally liable for the traumatic situations they put reporters in? A landmark court decision in Australia says yes

A judge ruled that a newspaper, like any employer, has “a duty to take reasonable care against the risk of foreseeable injury, including foreseeable psychiatric injury,” to its staff. Will the threat of lawsuits push newsrooms to provide more support to journalists?

Matt DeRienzoMay 23, 2014

Newsrooms need HR specialists, not just technologists, in top leadership

Not in the rote, paperwork-and-process sense of HR. Newsrooms aren’t good enough at finding, using, and improving the talents of their staffs.

Caroline O'DonovanApril 24, 2013

Wrong narratives may outweigh wrong facts, but reporting with respect means getting both right

A discussion on reporting in traumatic situations — “Sandy Hook and Beyond” — highlights the gaps in perception between those being covered and those doing the covering.