Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Panelists include Claudia Fischer, Fee Rojas, Ulla Fröhling, Andreas Maercke, with Peter Liebermann and Petra Tabeling.  

Read the German-language listing for this event on Dart Centre Europe's German page.

Read the German-language program for this event online.

Speakers at "Reporting Wars: Challenges and Responsibilities" will include Chris Cramer, global editor for multimedia at Reuters and president of the International News Safety Institute and Florian Westphal, spokesperson and head of media services for the International Committe of the Red Cross.

The conference will last from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

The conference is hosted by the ICRC, the ABC and the University of Technology Sydney. Seating is limited, so please RSVP by Wednesday, May 13.

For more information about the conference and exhibition visit the website.

This retreat is reserved for invited journalists.

The retreat will be from May 22 to May 24, 2009.

Check back soon for time and venue.

This short documentary, directed by former TV reporter and 2005 Ochberg Fellow Mike Walter, features interviews with a range of journalists and experts from the Dart network.

The film grew out of a 2007 Dart Society project called Target: New Orleans that sent reporters to the Gulf Coast to lend a hand in post-Katrina reconstruction. The film interweaves this trip with reporters speaking candidly about the hardest stories they've covered and how, as Walter says, "breaking news can break you down."

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance in collaboration with Dart Centre Australasia and RMIT University present a free screening of "Breaking News Breaking Down." The film will be followed by a panel discussion on the media's role in community recovery following the bushfires, featuring:

Mike Walter, film producer and journalist
Brett McLeod, Network Nine senior journalist
Dr. Rob Gordon, trauma psychologist

"Breaking News Breaking Down" is a short documentary, directed by former TV reporter and 2005 Ochberg Fellow Mike Walter and featuring interviews with a range of journalists and experts from the Dart network.

The film grew out of a 2007 Dart Society project called Target: New Orleans that sent reporters to the Gulf Coast to lend a hand in post-Katrina reconstruction. The film interweaves this trip with reporters speaking candidly about the hardest stories they've covered and how, as Walter says, "breaking news can break you down."

When and Where

Drinks and nibbles at 6:15.

Film screening and panel from 6:45 to 9.

Kaleide Theatre
RMIT University
Street level, Building 8,
360 Swanston St,
Melbourne, Australia

Map (PDF)

RSVP by texting 0419131947 or emailing.