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Nieman Reports: trauma narratives

The Winter 2009 issue of Nieman Reports, “Trauma in the Aftermath,” has a lot to offer storytelling journalists. Richard Mollica of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma warns against “toxic trauma stories.” Former South African Broadcasting Corporation reporter Antjie Krog talks about the danger of interfering with history while covering it.
In a session on visual [...]