#5 - Guideline 3: Using appropriate language

Welcome to the Ohio Suicide Reporting Guidelines series. In Episode 02, your host, Jonathan Singer, walks you through a 10-point checklist developed from the evidence-based reporting Ohio Suicide Reporting Guidelines. Before submitting your story on a suicide death, ask yourself if you did the 10 items on the checklist. The checklist, brief and extended guidelines can be found on the OhioMHAS website.

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In this podcast series, Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D. talks you through the Ohio Suicide Reporting Guidelines. Responsible reporting on suicide has the power to save lives. The Guidelines are a resource to help you report on suicide safely without compromising your journalistic integrity. The Guidelines are a collaboration between Nationwide Children's Hospital, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, OhioMHAS, professional journalists, mental health professionals, and people with lived experience of suicide. For more information and to download the short version, extended version and a checklist of the guidelines, please visit the OhioMHAS website http://workforce.mha.ohio.gov/Workforce-Development/Health-Professionals/Suicide-Prevention-Training/Ohio-Suicide-Reporting-Guidelines.