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Five Ideas on Meaningful Consent in Trauma Journalism

Not everything in these suggestions is practical for breaking news reporters, or in all reporting situations.  But for long-form or feature work of the type that sparked the current debate, I think these are important things to think about. Many of these ideas — along with examples of best practices — are developed in my [...]

In Sudan, a return to ethnic cleansing?

Terrifying news today via the indefatigable Rebecca Hamilton, author of Fighting for Darfur, who has a piece on Nick Kristof’s New York Times blog today that must be read: Sudan’s Khartoum government, which is about to lose southern Sudan, is fighting to keep the Nuba mountain region… by conducting a campaign of what looks like [...]

“Order of Ghastliness”: This week in Numbers Masquerading as Meaningful

When I and others wrote recently about a problematic study allegedly clarifying the number of women raped in Congo, there was a common refrain in the comments: All this talk about talking about rape, and nobody’s doing anything!  What’s the point of arguing about the numbers? I don’t subscribe to that view, for very many [...]

Nobel Women’s Initiative takes on sexual violence

The Nobel Women’s Initiative, which is exactly what you think it is, is taking up the cause of ending sexual violence in war.  Tall order, I know, but if you want to eavesdrop on them — or better yet, participate in their conversation — you can follow a live blog here (started at 10 am [...]

Can women write?

Well, they can pick up a pen, surely.  But do they need gender-exclusive paths to the Cocktail Party of Greatness?  It’s an old debate, and here’s Australia writer Benjamin Law’s quick summary, in this article, viz. a debate over the for-women-only Orange Prize: The literary world’s £30,000 Orange Prize has always been controversial since its [...]

Events that are worth a New York minute — and more

Here are two upcoming events that promise to be interesting and inspiring. If you’re in the City, come on by. If you’re not, tell your metro-friends.  (And come say hi to me at the Dart celebration!) A Celebration of the Dart Society, an collective of journalists whose work focuses on trauma, broadly defined. Gloria Steinem [...]

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