Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma - Deadline Jan 29

This award recognizes the exemplary journalism on the impact of violence, crime, disaster and other traumatic events on individuals, families and communities. Entries should focus on the experience of victims and survivors and should contribute to public understanding of trauma-related issues.

The Dart Awards recognize newspaper, magazine, online, radio, television, video and multimedia journalism that goes beyond the ordinary in reporting on trauma. Entries may include breaking news, enterprise reporting, single stories, packages of coverage on a single event, cohesive series, local, regional or national television coverage, long-form documentary and online multimedia packages.

Dart Award-winning teams receive prizes of $5,000. Winners, honorable mentions and finalists will be announced in late April 2010. Travel and hotel expenses for winners to attend an awards ceremony at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York will be covered by the Dart Center.

For more information: http://dartcenter.org