About me
I have been either on the Board of the Dart Centre Asia Pacific (DCAP) or a Member of this Australasian charity since it began two decades ago in 2004. I'm a semi-retired journalist with more than four decades of experience in coverage and production of hard news and current affairs in print, online, radio and digital newsrooms. My 2003 MA research thesis was on the impact of news reporting on victims and survivors of traumatic incidents and I have kept abreast of key industry research around trauma and journalism over the years since then. I've also taught journalism, conducted workshops, presentations and guest lectures on these issues for newsrooms, students and broadcasters. DCAP is a small but highly effective team that represents the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma in the Asia Pacific region. (At the moment, the best DCAP web links are to our social media sites https://www.facebook.com/Dartcentreasiapacific or https://www.linkedin.com/company/dart-centre-asia-pacific while the Dart Center's website is undergoing a major rebuild behind the scenes.)