Our society needs to talk more openly about suicide. However, public discussion of suicide carries risks, and it’s crucial that such discussion be informed, sensitive and alert to potential harm.
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New research examines 25 years of newspaper reporting of teachers and finds consistent evidence of “teacher bashing”.
Fire must be allowed to play its natural role.
Journalists are better at covering the climate crisis but there’s still room for improvement.
Media reporting often unfairly stigmatises people with mental illness and promotes the stereotype that mental illness causes violent behaviour. New guidelines offer tips for more responsible reporting.
The freedom of the press is important, and of course it must be protected. But the freedom of everybody else and of ordinary citizens is also important.
Four reporters joined the showdown with the Kelly gang 140 years ago. They became part of the story and set the tone for a legend.
To survive in 19th-century newsrooms, reporters would have to hustle to get by, even if it meant producing fakes, staging events and sharing work with reporters from competing newspapers.
A new study explores the state of an industry that’s tapping creative revenue streams and incorporating new tools to engage with readers.
Theodor Fontane was a German newspaper’s England correspondent – who reported ‘from’ London without leaving his Berlin desk.
Risk has to do with uncertainty; people struggle to conceptualise and manage that which they’re unsure about. This is true in the higher education sector, too.
With an explosion of media outlets that don’t adhere to mainstream journalistic standards, it’s became difficult for readers to know whether to trust reports based on unnamed sources and leaks.
People who read false news items come to believe them – even if they know better. It doesn’t help to know the source is unreliable or the report has been debunked.
Violence against women is a national priority, and Aboriginal women are disproportionately affected. This must be reported on appropriately in the media.
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Professor of Education, University of Sydney
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Reader/ Associate professor in Media Psychology, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Executive Director, The University of Melbourne
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Science Communication Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Manager Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) and Associate Professor Risk Management, North-West University
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
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Director, Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of German Studies, Dartmouth College
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Lecturer, School of the Arts & Media, UNSW Sydney
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University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow in Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
