Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships

The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship programme invites applications from mid-career journalists in all media from the Americas, Europe, and Australasia who want to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict, and tragedy through a seminar programme. Each year, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, United States, selects 6 - 10 journalists as Dart Center Ochberg Fellows. Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online reporters, photographers, editors, and producers with at least five years’ full-time journalism experience.

According to the Dart Center, reporting responsibly and credibly on violence and traumatic events - on street crime and family violence, natural disasters and accidents, war and genocide — is a great challenge. In order to gain further knowledge and collaborate with colleagues, Fellows attend a week-long seminar programme including briefings by interdisciplinary experts in the trauma field and discussions with journalist colleagues, and attend the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. The fellowship covers all travel and ground expenses while attending the programme. The programme dates are November 1 - 6 2010.