Chronicling trauma: journalists and writers on violence and loss

Introduction. Trauma, news, and narrative: the study of violence and loss in journalism and fiction

Stories of harm, stories of hazard: childhood stress and professional trauma in the careers of journalist-literary figures

Trafficking in trauma: women's rights, civil rights, and sensationalism as a spur to social justice

Trauma in war, trauma in life: the pose of the "heroic" battlefield correspondent

Depression, drink, and dissipation: dysfunctional lifestyles and art as the ultimate stimulant

Epilogue. New challenges, new treatments: trauma and the contemporary journalist-literary figure.