Dear friends,<\/p>\n
These are challenging times: political violence, terrorism, disaster and civil conflict across the globe put exceptional pressure on journalists to get the story right.\u00a0And direct attacks on the press have made our jobs all the more dangerous.<\/p>\n
Nearly two decades ago, the Dart Center launched the annual\u00a0Ochberg Fellowship<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to equip news professionals with in-depth knowledge and specialized skills to report ethically and effectively on violence and its aftermath. Nineteen years and 170 Fellows later, this powerful program has nurtured leaders and innovators in trauma reporting around the world.<\/p>\n We will be offering this unique opportunity again to 12 journalists from around the world,\u00a0January 15-20, 2018\u00a0at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York City. The deadline for\u00a0applications<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0Friday, September 22, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Fellowship is designed for senior and mid-career journalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury and improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. Fellows attend a week-long seminar which includes briefings by leading\u00a0experts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the trauma field, in-depth discussions with journalist colleagues and other opportunities for learning and reflection. The Fellowship is named in honor of psychiatrist Frank Ochberg, M.D., a pioneer in trauma study and the Center’s founding chairman.<\/p>\n Print, broadcast and digital reporters, photographers, editors and producers with at least five years of professional journalism experience are eligible to apply. The full\u00a0guidelines<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0online application<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0can be found\u00a0here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n