Addiction & Recovery

    Barb Williamson: Showing the world what Redemption looks like

    By Nico Rossi 1154 Views
    We have many guests with us today. Mainly students from Denmark, which is really cool because they are so far …

    Fred Way: In the business of saving lives through Recovery Houses

    By Nico Rossi 2105 Views
    Fred Way runs the Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences (PARR) and also works with the National Alliance for Recovery Residences …

    Journalist Maia Szalavitz shares the ins and outs of reporting on addiction

    By Jenny Roberts 1579 Views
    Journalist Maia Szalavitz, who has written for publications, including Vice, TIME and The New York Times, spoke to our class …

    Maia Szalavitz pushes forward thinking on Covering Addiction

    By Nico Rossi 1362 Views
    Maia Szalavitz, is a journalist who has been covering addiction for almost three decades. She came to speak to our class today and as …

    Shannon Hays discusses mindfulness in recovery and her work with vulnerable populations

    By Jenny Roberts 1510 Views
    On Thursday, Shannon Hays of Family Service Association of Bucks County spoke to our class about her work in Bucks …

    Shannon Hays: a Shining example of others helping others in Recovery

    By Nico Rossi 1303 Views
    Shannon Hays came into our class to speak today, to give us insight into recovery. As well as medications such as Suboxone …

    Certified Recovery Specialist Freddie Laboy discusses his job, medication-assisted recovery

    By Jenny Roberts 1426 Views
    Freddie Laboy of Prevention Point spoke to our class on Tuesday about being a certified recovery specialist (CRS). He said his …

    Combating medication-assisted treatment stigma

    By Sydney Schaefer 1020 Views
    Freddie Laboy spoke to our class on Tuesday about the harmful stigma of medication-assisted treatment, also known as MAT. He …

    Medication Assisted Treatment in Recovery

    By Matthew McCann 1096 Views
    Freddie Laboy, a certified recovery specialist at Prevention Point, spoke to our class about the work he does at Prevention …

    Paul Cherashore on the Right to Use Drugs and the Voices Missing from Policy Conversations

    By Jenny Roberts 1643 Views
    Paul Cherashore from the Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Initiative spoke to our class about the need for people who actively use …

    Getting the opinions of active drug users is vital

    By Sydney Schaefer 1181 Views
    Having Paul Cherashore speak to our class on Tuesday was rather refreshing, as he brought up a point we hadn’t …

    Angels in Motion Provides a Pathway from Addiction to Recovery

    By Matthew McCann 1840 Views
    Angels in Motion president, Carol Rostucher, came to speak our class on a variety of topics relating to addiction and …

    Carol Rostucher fills gap in city’s drug treatment system, fights for reform

    By Jenny Roberts 1849 Views
    Carol Rostucher of Angels in Motion came to speak with our class about the work she does in Kensington, her …
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    ABOUT THIS CLASS

    In this special topics course, a group of students from Temple University’s Department of Journalism in the Klein College of Media and Communication spends a full semester reporting on addiction solutions. Click here to see the syllabus for the Spring 2018 semester, and here to see the syllabus for 2017.

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