Workshop Agenda
“Covering Suicide” A Workshop for Local and Regional Journalists
September 21–22, 2012
WHYY Studios 150 N. Sixth Street Philadelphia, PA
Made possible by the generous support of the Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Friday, September 21, 2012
Location: WHYY, Lincoln Financial Studio
8:00 – 8:30am Breakfast and Registration
8:30 – 9:00am Welcome and Overview
Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Joe Pyle, President, Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health
Robert Gebbia, Executive Director, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
9:00 – 9:15am Participant Roundtable
Journalist participants will have one minute for introductions and brief mention of areas of interest concerning suicide prevention
9:15 – 10:15am Morning Keynote - Suicide and the Media
Madelyn Gould, Ph.D. M.P.H., Professor, Psychiatry, Public Health and Epidemiology and Deputy Director, Research Training Program in Child Psychiatry Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
10:15 – 10:30am Break
10:30 – 12:00pm Expert Plenary – Suicide Research, Myths and Trends
Paula Clayton, M.D., Medical Director, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Thomas Joiner, Ph.D., Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Florida State University
Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and 2011 MacArthur Genius
Christopher J. Ruhm, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Virginia
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
12:00 – 12:30pm Lunch Break
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunchtime Keynote – Life After Suicide
Christopher (Kit) Lukas, Writer, Actor, Director, TV Producer and Author of Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss and Survival and Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide
Moderator: Ari Goldman, Professor, Columbia Journalism School, former religion reporter, The New York Times
1:30 – 1:45pm Break
1:45 – 3:00pm Expert Plenary – LBGT YOUTH, BULLYING AND SOCIAL MEDIA: A CONTEMPORARY DILEMMA
Ann Haas, Ph.D., Senior Director of Education and Prevention, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Brian Mustanski, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and Director of IMPACT: LGBT Heath and Development Program
Jonathan Singer, Ph.D. LCSW, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Temple University
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
3:00 – 3:15pm Break
3:15 – 3:45pm Afternoon Keynote – Suicide on College Campuses, A Parent’s Perspective
Philip Satow, Co-Founder, The Jed Foundation
3:45 – 4:45pm Panel Discussion – Suicide on College Campuses: Tyler Clementi and Beyond
Ann Haas, Ph.D. Senior Director of Education and Prevention, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Alison Malmon, Executive Director and Founder, Active Minds
Eric Marcus, Journalist and Author, “Why Suicide?”
Philip Satow, Co-Founder, The Jed Foundation
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
4:45 – 5:15pm Ask the Experts! Gameshow-Style
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Location: WHYY, Lincoln Financial Studio
8:30 – 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15am Presentation and Discussion – Ethics and Practice when Reporting on Suicide
Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty, The Poynter Institute
10:15 – 10:30am Break
10:30 – 12:00pm High Impact Reporting on Suicide – Story Behind the Story
Michael de Yoanna, Reporter, Salon.com
Jesse Green, Reporter, New York Magazine
Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone
Maiken Scott, Behavioral Health Reporter, WHYY
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
12:00 – 1:00pm Working Lunch -- Story Clinics on Special Topics
Teens and Suicide with Jesse Green
Soldiers, Veterans and Suicide with Michael de Yoanna
LGBT Youth and Suicide with Sabrina Rubin Erdley
Health, Science and Suicide with Maiken Scott
1:00 – 2:00pm Master Class – Public Death, Private Grief
Ari Goldman, Professor, Columbia Journalism School and former religion reporter, The New York Times
2:00 – 2:15pm Break
2:15 – 3:00pm Group Think, Generating Story Ideas
Facilitator: Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty, The Poynter Institute
3:00 – 3:30pm WRAP UP & CLOSE
