Free DART Center Workshop On Covering Youth Violence

 

PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 22, 2011) – The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is sponsoring a two-day training workshop on covering youth violence, and the featured speakers include photographers Donna DeCesare, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Hank Willis Thomas, and James Estrin. The workshop is set for December 9-10, 2011, in Philadelphia.

"Even as crime rates hit record lows in cities across the country, gun homicides, gang violence and dating abuse among young people remain stunningly high," DART executive director Bruce Shapiro wrote. "Last year, there were more than 4,000 violent incidents in Philadelphia's schools, the majority of them involving students not yet in high school."

Youth violence represents a serious public health problem for all communities. It challenges health professionals and educators, law enforcement and courts, community organizations and government agencies. It also challenges news professionals, whether health and education reporters, cops and court reporters, feature writers, investigative reporters or journalists covering schools, families and neighborhoods. To help journalists and news organizations in the greater Philadelphia area strengthen their coverage of this crucial public health issue, the Dart Center is presenting a two-day workshop: “Getting it Right: Reporting on Youth Violence.”

The workshop, supported with funding from the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation and additional support from the Stoneleigh Foundation, will take place at WHYY-TV in Philadelphia. It will feature a range of local and national mental health and policy experts, award-winning journalists and violence prevention advocates. It will include background briefings as well as specialized reporting skills training to enhance journalists’ capacity to report on youth violence knowledgeably, ethically and effectively.

The free workshop is open to working reporters, editors, photographers, producers or bloggers for print, broadcast or online media based in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. Staff, contract and freelance journalists are eligible.

The registration deadline is November 23, 2011 at 5 p.m. EST. More information can be found onlinehere.

 

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