The launch of the Dart Center’s Research Database makes available an important resource for journalists and others interested in keeping up with academic work on the intersection of journalism and human tragedy.

Gathering interdisciplinary scholarship on journalism and trauma in a single location, grouped in a single set of searchable categories, the database was introduced to help out researchers in this multilingual and cross-disciplinary field.

Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma explains, “Reporters can use it to find background for their stories or to think through ethical and practical craft issues. News managers can find arguments to advance training and support for their news teams. Clinicians can find data that may inform their work with clients or patients who end up in the news, or to be supportive of journalists who come to them for help.”

Users can search the database and add articles of interest to their personal research list. Examples of articles in the system include, “The Incorporation of Terrorism Coverage in Academic Journalism Programs”, “Blogs of War: Weblogs as News”, and “Eyewitness to Disaster: How Journalists Cope with the Psychological Stress Inherent in Reporting Traumatic Events”.

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Published: November 11, 2010