Journalists
Dry January - Changing Alcohol Use Behaviors
Change is hard, these tips can help
Jonathan JK Stoltman
Journalists
Dry January - Other Considerations
Balancing harm reduction, public health priorities, commercial interests, and culture
News
📢Excellence in Recovery Journalism Award (2024)
We were fortunate to partner with Faces and Voices of Recovery this year to present the Excellence in Recovery Journalism Award at the America Honor’s Recovery Gala. This year’s Excellence in Recovery Journalism Award winner is: Elyse Wild! 🎉🎉🎉 Elyse is a senior editor for Native News Online. She
About Us
RoA Quarterly Update Q3 2024
2024 has been treating us well at Reporting on Addiction. In this quarterly update, we want to highlight some of our most important work for you as we continue making an impact on how journalism about addiction, treatment and recovery is created. First, a new fundraising opportunity to help support
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Building Trust in Addiction Reporting: A Toolkit for Trauma-Informed, Empathy-Based Journalism
We're continuing our efforts to help journalists across the country cover addiction in their communities by hosting a fireside chat with two professionals to discuss our brand new guide to trauma-informed and empathy-based approaches to interviewing: Maine Monitor reporter Emily Bader and parenting and trauma trainer
Resources
Trauma-informed and Empathy-based Reporting Toolkit📝
There are high rates of trauma among people who use drugs, have an active addiction, are in treatment or recovery, or love and support people having these experiences. Understanding that trauma can shape our interactions is an important step toward conducting ethical interviews with vulnerable, historically marginalized people that do
Resources
Digital Security Toolkit📝
In today’s digital climate, journalists must be hyper-vigilant. We must prioritize the protection of our data and identifying information to safeguard our sources, preserve the integrity of our investigations and prevent potential reprisals. Securing communications and information allows journalists to protect the confidentiality of sensitive sources and materials
Academic Publications
Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Reporting on Addiction: A novel attempt to change the visual language of addiction
September 2024
Resources
Op-Ed Toolkit📝
Journalism plays a vital role in framing and informing discourse; however, most journalists are not trained in the latest addiction science or how that science is implemented through programs on the ground in our communities. These blind spots result in coverage that inadvertently conflicts with or leaves out clinical, research
Breaking News
"Fentanyl Syndrome"
Breaking News
Emerging Cannabis Topics
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RoA Microgrants 2024