Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma: Tips and Tools

This resource is designed to provide online topical tools and tips on reporting and discussion of violent subject matter for journalists, educators, clinicians, and researchers and scholars. Presented by the Columbia School for Journalism Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (United States), it provides resources on coverage and discussion of sensitive topics including:

• Children and Trauma
• Disaster
• Domestic Violence
• Homicide
• Interviewing Victims
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Self-Care
• Sexual Violence
• Suicide
• Tragic Anniversaries
• Veterans
• War

Each topical section includes discussion such as: "Children are not miniature adults, and they deserve special consideration when they end up in the news..." or "The death of one human being at the hand of another is a story that journalists are expected to tell. What are the special challenges posed by these stories of fatal violence?" The Disaster section includes links to resources such as shared tips and tools on using social media to find reporting sources, as well as how to fact-check and curate social media to augment coverage.

Dart Center resources for each topic include: "Behind the Story"; "Event Videos"; "Dart Awards winners in video-taped discussions"; and "Video Dispatches" - reports on reporting with embedded videos - as well as links to outside resources and publications.