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Traumatic events affect everyone connected to them: the victims, their relatives, the rescuers, the journalists, and the audiences who hear about them... It is crucial that we find a better way to carefully report on traumatic events.

Covering Trauma: From domestic violence to global terrorism

Covering Trauma in Three Acts
Dr. Frank Ochberg, founding board member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, presents a model for journalistic coverage of traumatic events.

ICMPA launched the Trauma Journalism Education project directed at changing the curricula at journalism schools so that a new generation of reporters, editors, producers and publishers learns the skills of trauma journalism. The first study was funded by The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

Trauma in News Lecture
View Dr. Ochberg's interactive presentation of journalistic trauma coverage in three acts. Presented at the University of Maryland Spring 2006.

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