Reporting on Suicide
November 11, 2007
Article from the Poynter Institute with best practices and resources for journalists covering suicide.
Resources for Suicide
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VA Studies Suicide
November 1, 2007
The results from the Department of Veterans Affairs' latest study of suicide among veterans were released this week.
Mentally Unfit, Forced to Fight
March 3, 2007 by Lisa Chedekel, Matthew Kaufman
The U.S. military is sending troops with serious psychological problems into Iraq and is keeping soldiers in combat even after superiors have been alerted to suicide warnings and other signs of mental illness, a Courant investigation has found. Originally published in the Hartford Courant, May 2006.
Lethal Impulse
March 3, 2006 by Jeremy Olson, Erin Grace
Each teen suicide is a puzzle with pieces missing. Gone is the only person who might know the exact reasons. But taken together, these deaths reveal much about the social forces contributing to teen suicide. Originally published in the Omaha World-Herald in May, 2005.
Suicide Coverage Can Amplify Problem
August 21, 2001 by Sherry Ricchiardi
A national panel of experts in suicide, behavioral science and the media cautions and advises journalists on how to report this sensitive subject.