Reporting on Suicide

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is a hotline for individuals in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. To speak with a trained listener, call 988. Visit 988lifeline.org for crisis chat services or for more information.

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The Veterans Crisis Line connects veterans and service members in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential hotline, online chat, or text. Dial 988 and Press 1 or visit veterancrisisline.net for crisis chat services and more information.

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The Crisis Text Line is a texting service for emotional crisis support. To text with a trained helper, text SAVE to 741741. It is free, available 24/7, and confidential.

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Resources to Know:

Poynter offers a free online course to advance reporters’ understanding about responsible coverage of mental health conditions and suicide.

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This site offers guidance for bloggers to safely write about suicide. Blogs can be an important source of support for people going through a difficult time.

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This site provides recommendations for media outlets to responsibly cover a shooting of more than one person in a public setting.

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Cisco and SAVE have created an AI detection tool to screen adherence to the best practice recommendations. It is a free, open-source app just for journalists.

Verify Now

Experts in the death, dying, and grief space have come together to provide the following guide for how journalists can succeed at their job while being respectful and not causing any unnecessary harm in pursuit of the facts, the truth, or the story.

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TEMPOS is the first tool that allows media professionals, public health officials, researchers, and suicide prevention experts to assess adherence to the recommended reporting guidelines with a user-friendly, standardized rating scale. The scale can be used to monitor changes in reporting over time and how reporting varies across articles, authors, and publications.

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Partners

American Association of Suicidology

Columbia University Department of Psychiatry

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

ConnectSafely.org

New York State Psychiatric Institute

American Psychoanalytic Association

Entertainment Industries Council

The Poynter Institute

Annenberg Public Policy Center

International Association for Suicide Prevention Task Force on Media and Suicide

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Associated Press Managing Editors

Medical University of Vienna

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

Canterbury Suicide Project – University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Suicide Prevention Resource

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute of Mental Health

Vibrant Emotional Health

Crisis Text Line

National Press Photographers Association

The Net Safety Collaborative

Recommendations

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Research

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Resources to Know:

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

The Veterans Crisis Line
and Military Crisis Line
Dial 988 then Press 1

Advanced Training

Lead Partners

Other Partners

Additional Contributors

Internet Safety Organizations

Resources to Know:

Advanced Training

Blogging on Suicide

Reporting on Mass Shootings

Verify Your Report Instantly

Reporting on Death and Grief

TEMPOS

Partners

Resources to Know:

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

The Veterans Crisis Line and Military Crisis LineDial 988 then Press 1

Advanced Training

Lead Partners

Other Partners

Additional Contributors

Internet Safety Organizations

Crisis Resources to Include in Stories

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Dial 988

The Veterans Crisis Line Dial 988, Press 1

Crisis Text Line Text SAVE to 741741

Resources to Know:

Advanced Training

Blogging on Suicide

Reporting on Mass Shootings

Verify Your Report Instantly

Reporting on Death and Grief

TEMPOS

Partners

The Veterans Crisis Line
and Military Crisis Line
Dial 988 then Press 1

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Dial 988

The Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988, Press 1

Crisis Text Line
Text SAVE to 741741