🚨Opioid Settlement Quick Guides!🚨

Hi!

We're excited to announce a new collection of free quick guides (2-3 pages/topic!) to help journalists covering opioid settlement spending.

The Reporting on Addiction Opioid Settlement Quick Guides provide essential background about some ways that opioid settlement money could be spent. We explain how each approach aligns with opioid settlement frameworks and provide key questions journalists can use to investigate implementation. Available for use in your newsroom or classroom, all for free.

Thank you to Mishka Terplan and Antonella Peterson for helping pull these together!

NEW Opioid Settlement Journalist Quick Guides

• Drug Checking & Drug Testing Quick Guide
• Harm Reduction Quick Guide
• Naloxone Quick Guide
• Opioid Addiction Treatment Quick Guide
• Overdose Prevention Center Quick Guide
• Prevention Quick Guide
• Recovery Quick Guide
• Syringe Service Programs Quick Guide

Existing Toolkits to Help With Opioid Settlement Reporting

• Digital Security Toolkit
• Trauma-Informed Interviewing Toolkit

Background

We know the opioid settlements are a big and complicated topic, but they are also an important topic. The opioid overdose crisis has impacted millions over the last 25 years. Helping your audience understand how the money is being spent is a critical piece of watchdog reporting. These new quick guides are just one way that we're here to help for all 18 years of this spending. Whether you're FOIA-ing for spending information, looking for local experts to interview for stories, or just need a gut check, Reporting on Addiction is here to support you at any part of your reporting.

🚨All resources are available on our NEW Learning Hub🚨

We'll be adding to this list over time and tracking changes down here.

Supported in part by a grant from Open Society Foundations