journalism

Covering Substance Use and Addiction Responsibly

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16 May 2023

Stories about substance use and addiction can be among the thorniest that health and science reporters encounter. This topic carries a long history of marginalizing the people most directly affected. In addition, deeply ingrained societal misconceptions about substance use make it difficult to separate fact from fiction

Reporting of Substance: A discussion on developing media guidelines

11 March 2021

Online

Adfam, Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs and Scottish Recovery Consortium invite you to a discussion event for journalists, broadcasters, editors, press photographers and anyone with a role in developing or sharing media content.

What’s in a word? A forum on language, drugs, alcohol and the media

20 October 2020

Onine

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Journal of Prevention Science Early Career Reviewer Program: Request for Applications

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Overview: The Prevention Science Early Career Reviewer Program is an effort which aims to both mentor early-career researchers in prevention science and increase the pool of possible reviewers. We invite emerging prevention scientists to...

Changing the Narrative

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Changing The Narrative is a network of reporters, researchers, academics, and advocates concerned about the way media represents drug use and addiction.