How to Cover the Toughest Stories: Workshop on Modern Methods in Trauma-Informed Journalism

A series of three specialized workshops will bring together experienced reporters and experts from the global Dart Center network. They will share knowledge gained through years of work in conflict zones and crisis coverage.

The program covers critical aspects of trauma-informed journalism:

• Maintaining clarity and purpose during prolonged crisis
• Sensitive approaches to interviewing victims and witnesses, especially children
• Strategies for newsroom leaders to prevent emotional burnout
• Creating materials that honor the memory of the deceased and meet community needs

Participation is free. Language: English, Ukrainian (simultaneous interpretation)

First Workshop “How to Write About the Deceased” will be held on February 6 at 3:00 PM

Reporters face challenges:

• How to create materials that honorably commemorate those who died?
• How to document a constant flow of losses while helping communities, especially when the audience is overwhelmed by negative news?

In this session, three journalists from the international Dart Centre network will share practical recommendations based on their experience working with mass casualties. They will discuss how to conduct interviews, choose stories, and create materials with significant societal impact.

Speakers:

Patricia Evangelista — a journalist specializing in traumatic topics, former investigative reporter for Filipino media “Rappler”. Her book “Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder” was called a “journalistic masterpiece” by The New Yorker and named the #1 non-fiction book of the year by TIME magazine.
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Angelina Fusco — worked 30 years in BBC Northern Ireland news, spending half her time as a television news editor. She managed teams covering global conflicts: from car bombings in Omagh to truces between the Iranian Republican Army and loyalists, and the Good Friday Agreement — stories requiring sensitivity and balanced editorial approach. Angelina is a former Head of the European Representation of the Dart Center network and a senior trainer at BBC Journalism College.
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John Woodrow Cox — special reporter for The Washington Post and author of «Children Under Fire: An American Crisis». In 2018, his series on the impact of gun violence on children in America was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in literature. He was also part of the Washington Post journalist team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for covering the US Capitol uprising. 
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