Global Center for Journalism and Trauma

09/22/2026

📢 Applications are now open for the 2027 Ochberg Fellowship, a unique seminar program for senior and mid-career journalists seeking to deepen their understanding of emotional trauma and psychological injury and strengthen their reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy.

📍 March 22–27, 2027 | Paris, France

🗓 Application deadline: October 20, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET

Our flagship global program brings together journalists from around the world for a week of seminars and conversations led by prominent journalists, mental health professionals and visiting faculty. Since 1999, the Ochberg Fellowships have supported more than 250 journalists.

Program details:

Call for Applications: 2027 Ochberg Fellowships September 15, 2026 Apply Now The GCJT Ochberg Fellowship is a unique seminar program for mid- and senior-career journalists seeking to deepen their understanding of emotional and psychological trauma while strengthening their ability to report ethicall...

08/28/2026

📣 We’re delighted to announce the 25 journalists selected for the 2026 Early Childhood Reporting Institute — our first in Australia!

Presented in partnership with the Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific, the institute will bring together journalists from across Australia for three days of expert briefings, panels, workshops, skill-building sessions and peer-to-peer conversations in Melbourne.

Together, fellows will deepen their understanding of early childhood development and explore approaches to rigorous, ethical reporting on young children and their caregivers.

Following the institute, each fellow will receive a $3,000 story grant and six months of editorial mentorship to support an original reporting project focused on early childhood.

Meet the fellows and read the full announcement:

Announcing the 2026 Early Childhood Reporting Institute Cohort August 27, 2026 The Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific and the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma have announced the 25 journalists selected for the 2026 Early Childhood Reporting Institute, to be held November 11–13 in...

08/03/2026

GCJT is grateful for the support of The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for its recent award that will support our ongoing Chicago Journalist Resilience Initiative!

Our work in Chicago has helped us to support journalists from the Chicago News Consortium who cover high-stress, trauma-facing stories. Awards like these ensures this important work will continue.

ARTS AND CULTURE A Red Orchid Theatre $80,000 to support the Incubator Program Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago $120,000 for general operating…

07/21/2026

GCJT has a summer podcast recommendation from our partners at the Van Leer Foundation!

"Birth of a Parent" is the Van Leer Foundation and Early Childhood Matters' first podcast that explores the emerging science of how parenthood transforms the human mind.

Host Michael Feigelson is CEO of the Van Leer Foundation, which is a supporter of GCJT's Early Childhood Journalism Initiative.

The pod debuts July 22 on Apple and Spotify.

07/06/2026

Three weeks until Festival Gabo!

If you're headed to Bogotá, don't miss the July 25 master class by GCJT Executive Director Bruce Shapiro where he'll share tools to manage stress and prioritize psychosocial support in newsrooms.

De la mano del Global Center for Journalism and Trauma, obtén herramientas para gestionar el estrés y priorizar el apoyo psicosocial en las salas de redacción.
Link in comments // Elance en los comentarios

07/02/2026

TODAY! Join this free, virtual training
July 2
4 PM ET/Venezuela time

Zoom registration link in comments ➡️

06/29/2026

Heading to ?

Be sure to catch the July 25 master class by Executive Director Bruce Shapiro where he'll share tools to manage stress and prioritize psychosocial support in newsrooms.

De la mano del Global Center for Journalism and Trauma (), obtén herramientas para gestionar el estrés y priorizar el apoyo psicosocial en las salas de redacción.

Learn more // Conoce más aquí: https://festivalgabo.com/programacion/edicion/2026/evento/censura-silenciosa-trauma-agotamiento-y-libertad-de-prensa/

06/24/2026

Join the conversation on newsroom mental health and well-being ➡️
GCJT Research Director Elana Newman will moderate "Psychological impact, moral injury & burnout" at the JETREG 2026 conference in Paris.

An international group of panelists will discuss peer support; trauma and front-line editors; how trauma, censorship and professional autonomy has affected Brazil's women journalists; and moral injury, burnout among journalists in Pakistan.

📆 Thursday, June 25
🕐 13:15 local time
📍24 rue Saint Georges - 75009 Paris

06/16/2026

Over 140 journalists have been killed since 2025.
Forever silenced, but not forgotten.

Thanks to GoodTape for spotlighting GCJT

Watch here:

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06/08/2026

Attending INNn Days June 16-18? Catch GCJT Executive Director Bruce Shapiro's session, "Managing Stress, Burnout and Trauma in Your Newsroom."

Wednesday, Jun 17
1:40 PM to 3:40 PM