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Conflicts of Interest and Opioid Settlement Money
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AHCJ (27 Nov 2023)
Reporting on addiction accurately and ethically Our webinar with the Association of Health Care Journalists, a resource hub for health journalists. Reporting on addiction accurately and ethicallyIn this webinar, learn how to avoid some of the most common errors reporters make when covering drug addiction.Association of Health Care JournalistsKatti
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AHCJ (10 Nov 2023)
‘Offensive’ news about opioids in Appalachia prompts launch of website aimed at improving addiction coverage Our conversation with the Association of Health Care Journalists, a resource hub for health journalists. ‘Offensive’ news about opioids in Appalachia prompts launch of website aimed at improving addiction coverageDo you cover drug addiction in
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Tribal Principles: Indigenous-Centered Perspectives on the Tribal Settlement Funds
Yesterday, we hosted the third in our series of fireside chats aimed at helping journalists cover the billions of dollars into opioid settlement monies coming in our communities right now. Andrea Medley of the Center for Indigenous Health shared with us how to use the Tribal Principles, which offer culturally-
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How to Reduce Stigma in Visual Journalism
It's National Recovery Month and at Reporting on Addiction, we're excited to announce the latest in our resources to support journalists covering addiction, treatment, harm reduction and recovery. This week, we launched our Reporting on Addiction Style Guide to Ethical Visual Reporting. This one-page document
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Follow the Money: How to Track Opioid Settlement Dollars in Your State
Yesterday, we hosted the second in our series of fireside chats aimed at helping journalists cover the billions of dollars in opioid settlement monies coming in our communities right now. Kate Boulton of Vital Strategies and Christine Minhee of OpioidSettlementTracker.com and Yale Law School’s Solomon Center shared with
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RoA Update Fall 2023
Hi everyone, We’ve had quite the summer! Since we last updated in June, we launched the first-of-its-kind Reporting on Addiction Visual Style Guide, trained a new cohort of journalism educators to implement our curriculum in their courses, and conducted one-on-one assistance with professional journalists.
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WVU Reed College of Media
A brief explainer of our work in the West Virginia University Reed College of Media Magazine..
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The Open Notebook (16 May 2023)
Covering Substance Use and Addiction Responsibly Our interview with the Open Notebook, a resource hub for science journalists. Covering Substance Use and Addiction Responsibly - The Open NotebookStories about substance use and addiction can be among the thorniest that science journalists encounter. By leaning too heavily on tragic narratives or buying
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Localize This: How to Cover Opioid Settlement Funds in Your Community
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RoA Update Spring 2023
Hi everyone, We have had quite a first half of the year! To start the year, we wrapped up the creation of our first strategic plan with First Quadrant Advisory Institute for Social Impact (what a great team!). As part of this work, we realized we need to do a
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Zombie Nation
Helping reporters cover Xylazine (aka "Tranq") ethically and responsibly