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Recommendations for reporting on suicide

Released in 2011, the Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide were developed by leading experts in suicide prevention and in collaboration with several international suicide prevention and public health organizations, schools of journalism, media organizations and key journalists as well as Internet safety experts. The research-based recommendations include suggestions for online media, message boards, bloggers, and "citizen journalists."

Location 
http://reportingonsuicide.org/
Creator 
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Annenberg Public Policy Center, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, National Alliance on Mental Illness, New Hampshire (NAMI NH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Publisher 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Contributor 
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and others
Date published 
2011
Full Text Online 
Yes
Formats
Fact/Statistic/Information Sheets
Topics
News and Entertainment Media