by Sydney Smith on Jun 10, 2018
Kate Spade’s Death: Reporting on Suicide Best Practices & Where Media Went Wrong
Suicide is a public health crisis in the U.S., yet many media outlets continue to irresponsibly report on it. The...
Failures in Suicide Reporting: 3 Stories
In addition to criticizing inappropriate, sensational news stories on suicides, iMediaEthics has investigated and reported on best practices for covering suicide.
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2016
UK Paper Broke Standards in Reporting on Suicide, Included too much information
It is an all-too-common story. A body is found, in a bedroom, in a garage or in public. A note,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 22, 2016
How Not to Report on Suicide: Sharon Herald Story Crossed the Line
Readers were shocked after daily Pennsylvania newspaper The Sharon Herald published an insensitive and gratuitous story that horrifically detailed a...