Reporting on Addiction
Bridge Michigan (7 February 2024)
As opioid deaths mount, Michigan governments sit on millions for intervention Highlighting the mess in how the State of Michigan is handling the $1.6 billion in opioid settlement money.
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WBUR/NPR Boston (29 January 2024)
Emphasizing the importance of getting opioid settlement money out quickly to fund evidence-based solutions. Boston dedicates small portion of opioid settlement funds to grieving familiesBoston’s first distribution of opioid settlement funds will go to families who’ve lost a member to an overdose. Initial grants for funerals, child care
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Bridge Michigan (16 Jan 2024)
More problems with how Michigan is working to spend its share of the opioid settlement funds.
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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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The National Desk📽️ (19 October 2023)
Lack of transparency concerns over billions in opioid settlement money distributions 10 minutes📽️ Republished: KHGI-TV (Kearney, NE) WGME-TV (Portland, ME) WEAR-TV (Pensacola, FL) WJLA-TV (Arlington, VA) KDBC-TV (El Paso, TX) KOKH-TV (Oklahoma City, OK) WCTI-TV (New Bern, NC) WHP-TV (Harrisburg, PA) WSYX-TV (Columbus, OH) KFDM-TV (Beaumont, TX) KRCG-TV (New Bloomfield,
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The National Desk📽️ (10 October 2023)
$52 billion debate: The best way to spend opioid lawsuit settlement money? 10 minutes📽️ Republished: WZTV-TV (Nashville, TN) KMEG-TV (Dakota Dunes, SD) KSNV-TV (Las Vegas, NV) WCIV-TV (Mount Pleasant, SC) WCHS-TV (Charleston, WV) KIMA-TV (Yakima, WA) KPTM-TV (Omaha, NE) WEAR-TV (Pensacola, FL) WYME-TV (Gainesville, FL) KHGI-TV (Kearney, NE) KTVO-TV (Kirksville,
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AHCJ (10 October 2023)
‘Offensive’ news about opioids in Appalachia prompts launch of website aimed at improving addiction coverageDo you cover drug addiction in your community? If so, you should be aware of how, among other things, word choice leads to more evidence-based, factual reporting. ReportingOnAddiction.org offers journalists some guidance.Association of Health
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WVU Magazine (2023)
With Purpose: Reporting on Addiction "The language journalists use must be precise, must be fair and above all, do no harm. In reporting on addiction for the last several decades, the media — both print and broadcast — have used language dealing with the disease that breaks all of those rules,
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The Cap Times (7 Aug 2023)
Addiction-treating drug still seldom prescribed in ERs, study finds Talking about the massive gaps in prescribing evidence-based lifesaving treatment for opioid addiction: 💡The 7.6% prescribing rate is still far below the (roughly) 100% it should beSupport Our Work ❤️Addiction-treating drug still seldom prescribed in ERs, study findsIt’s now
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