Children & Youth
Children deserve special consideration when tragedy strikes. Yet few journalists understand how children’s physical and social responses to trauma differ from those experienced by adults.
From guidance on naming minors to advice on age-appropriate interview techniques, these resources aid and inform journalists on how children affected by traumatic events can be involved in your reporting and news coverage in general.
Resources on Children & Youth
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Tip Sheets
- Best Practices in Reporting on Children, Families, and Caregivers
- 2022 Dart Awards: Reporting Tips from our Honorees
- Resources for Editors and Reporters Covering the Colorado Springs and UVA shootings
- How to respect children's identities when reporting on migration
- Covering Children Impacted by the Climate Crisis
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Multimedia
- Systemic Stressors on Caregivers and Children & Solutions
- The Neuroscience of Early Brain Development
- How Young Children Get to Know the World Around Them
- Trauma-Informed Interviewing of Children and Caregivers
- War and the brain: How Conflict Impacts Young Children and Caregivers
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Publications
Outside Resources
- Resources for Editors and Reporters Covering the Colorado Springs and UVA shootings
- Guidelines for journalists reporting on children
- Children: coverage, images and interviews
- Conducting Interviews with Kids: Do’s and Don'ts
- Questioning Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Lessons from Developmental Science on Forensic Interviewing
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Featured Resources
- Interviewing Children: Guidelines for Journalists
- Essential Tips for Interviewing Children
- Working with a Traumatized Child: Creating a Frame and Minimizing Harm
- Covering Children and Youth
- Covering Children and Trauma
- Reporting on Youth Violence
- Resources: Covering Youth Violence
- Symposium: Sandy Hook and Beyond
Recent Posts
Systemic Stressors on Caregivers and Children & Solutions
April 3, 2024Full video "Systemic Stressors on Caregivers and Children & Solutions" Global Early Childhood Reporting Institute"; March 8, 2024.
The Neuroscience of Early Brain Development
April 3, 2024Full video "The Neuroscience of Early Brain Development"Global Early Childhood Reporting Institute"; March 8, 2024.
How Young Children Get to Know the World Around Them
April 3, 2024Full video "How Young Children Get to Know the World Around Them"Global Early Childhood Reporting Institute"; March 8, 2024.
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