Psychologist reflects on how trauma reporting can affect media practitioners

Kevin Becker, pictured second from left, at ivoh’s Restorative Narrative Summit last month. Photo taken by Sanjeev Chatterjee.

Kevin Becker, a clinical psychologist who specializes in the psychology of trauma, has written a compelling Poynter.org essay about his experience as a … Read More

How empathy factors into storytelling: Video highlights from ivoh summit panel

 Moderator and ivoh trustee John Yearwood (left) with speaker Melanie Green

The intersection of empathy and storytelling has become a point of interest for many media practitioners and researchers as of late.

During ivoh’s annual media summit, … Read More

Essays that emerged from ivoh’s Restorative Narrative Retreat & Summit

Photo of attendees at ivoh’s 2015 summit, which attracted about 140 media practitioners from around the world. | Photo by Kenny Irby

This year’s ivoh Restorative Narrative Summit & Retreat prompted many attendees to write essays and blog posts about … Read More

Restorative Narratives have potential to ‘stimulate people to move forward, to pick themselves up’

For the past two years, Images & Voices of Hope has been exploring a genre that we’re calling Restorative Narrative — stories that show how people and communities are making meaningful progressions from despair to resilience.

Longtime summit attendee and ivoh … Read More

ivoh summit panelists explore how gaming can enrich storytelling

(From left: Moderator Ann DeMarle, and panelists Laralyn McWilliams, Dan Norton, and Phoenix Perry. Photo by Sanjeev Chatterjee)

By Ronnie Lovler 

Ronnie is an ivoh core team member and freelance writer, … Read More

How the media can help challenge stereotypes and change perceptions

 Photo of summit attendees and speakers, by Sanjeev Chatterjee

 By Ronnie Lovler 

Ronnie is an ivoh core team member and freelance writer, editor, and English/Spanish translator.

Just days after … Read More

Photos from ivoh’s Restorative Narrative Retreat & Summit

This past weekend, we wrapped up our annual media summit, which focused on Restorative Narrative — a term that ivoh coined to describe stories that show how people and communities are making a meaningful progression from despair to resilience.

The … Read More

Celebrating ivoh’s 2015 Award of Appreciation winners

(From left: ivoh award winners Asha Siad, Jesse Roesler, Lisa De Bode, and Tara Bracco; judges Meredith Porte and Mallary Tenore; and winner Adam Horowitz. | Photo taken by Kenny Irby)

During this year’s ivoh Restorative Narrative Summit, we recognized seven media … Read More

ivoh Restorative Narrative Summit inspires artistic takeaways

A snapshot from a summit session on community narratives, moderated by ivoh trustee Jon Funabiki. The session inspired trustee Ann DeMarle to create a related drawing. Photo by Sanjeev Chatterjee. 

During this year’s ivoh Restorative Narrative Retreat and Summit, ivoh … Read More

Social media highlights from ivoh retreat and summit

This year’s summit attracted about 140 people from around the world. Photo taken by Sanjeev Chaterjee.

Images & Voices of Hope just wrapped up its annual media summit, which focused on a genre we’re calling Restorative Narrative.

The summit … Read More