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Trauma in New Orleans: In the Wake of Katrina

Journalists and a poet explore this story’s intimacy, its emotional power, and its cultural significance.

The Conference | Covering Violence and Tragedy

A doctor in a Fallujah, Iraq hospital raises an X-ray to show head injuries to this 9-year-old boy whose home was hit by American airstrikes. Three members of his family,…

Connecting Threads of Individual Pain With Societal Responsibility

From Northern Ireland, Chile and Kosovo come stories of the struggle people have in healing from terror and torture when political accountability and reconciliation are absent.
When War Ends: The Trauma That Remains

When War Ends: The Trauma That Remains

An Essay in Words and Photographs

In an Instant, a Bomb Claims Lives and Devastates a Survivor

‘Every part of him was taped and bandaged because of burns and infections, except for his cheeks … his mouth … and his eyes …’

When a Crime Is Just the Beginning of the Story

By establishing relationships of trust with those touched by crime, reportiers discover and imtimacy of throught and emotion that can assist healing—for individuals and for communities.
Telling Untold Stories of What Happened in Iraq

Telling Untold Stories of What Happened in Iraq

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Toxic Storytelling: When Trauma Is Sensationalized

Families found a variety of ways to float away from their flooding homes; some, like this one, were rescued in boats as the water rose in the Lower Ninth Ward…

Reporting the Iraq War: Whose Truth Is Being Told?

‘… I used to tell the American correspondent, “You know what, you’re writing my story. I’m writing my story. When we cover a car bomb, it’s my neighborhood.” For an…

It Matters Who Tells the Story in the Middle East

‘The deliberate or unconscious dehumanization of Arabs is also reflected in the way they are portrayed on television. … selective images confirm the stereotype that Arabs are inherently violent.’