Covering tragedy and human suffering is at the heart of what journalists do. This manual provides a starting point for news organizations seeking to deal more efficiently with journalism and traumatic stress.

Alison Bethel, the Knight International Journalism Fellow in Ghana, has published “Free & Fair: A Journalist’s Guide to Improved Election Reporting in Ghana.” The guide is designed to give journalists in emerging democracies a deeper understanding of media’s role in elections and the need for impartial coverage.

Knight Fellow Paul Radu created a digital handbook designed to help investigative journalists track corruption across borders. The handbook provides an array of tools for investigative journalists that will help them give the public a better understanding of regional and global criminal networks. The manual includes techniques in cross-border investigative journalism and lists of websites and databases with information about commercial enterprises worldwide.

The Disaster Guide is divided into two sections. Section I provides guidelines for delivering news in a professional manner and maintaining personal safety. Crises often render severe mental and emotional stresses on victims and survivors, the individuals who are often vital sources. Thus, Section II addresses trauma and offers suggestions helping journalists work with grieving victims and survivors in an ethical, sensitive, and effective manner. This section defines traumatic stress and offers tips to media professionals for their own self-care.

Now more than ever, it's important for journalists to know how to report on the broader economy. With the global market in the balance, in order to create a concise, knowledgeable report on the economy worldwide, reporters should be informed on market conditions, financial transactions and the latest economic developments. This manual is designed to teach the basics of business and economic reporting.

It's especially hard for reporters living in emerging democracies and developing countries to do investigative reporting. Unlike countries with a strong foundation of democracies, journalists often times risk everything, including their lives to report on corruption and criminal activity.