Addiction Reporting

    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 …

    Reporting update

    By Brianna Cicero 1177 Views
    I will be going to several meetings this week to interview people and/or observe what is going on at the …

    Reporting Update

    By Sydney Schaefer 1033 Views
    As a class, we have now each received our official pitches. I’m working on a story about naloxone, or NARCAN. More …

    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: 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 …

    Emergency Response: Chaz Carlson and guest speakers

    By Nico Rossi 1476 Views
    Chaz Carlson started this week’s talk giving us his bio. He is a paramedic, so he has seen his fair …

    Jonathan Orens and his son Dan

    By Nico Rossi 1644 Views
    Jonathan Orens, a man who lost his son to addiction. He son was in great shape and in peak condition. …

    Keegan and Laurie

    By Nico Rossi 1269 Views
    Keegan and Laurie’s story is so heartwarming. The fact that Keegan is now 8 years sober is incredible. The fact …

    Brooke and Evan

    By Nico Rossi 1423 Views
    With Today’s guest speakers, it’s very easy for me to say how much I could relate to both of them. …

    Using engaged journalism to cover addiction and recovery in Philly

    By Jenny Roberts 1356 Views
    I think a strategy mentioned in the “Pathways to Engagement” article that would be relatively easy for journalists to implement …

    Solutions, Evidence and Evidence-based Solutions

    By Sydney Schaefer 1962 Views
    In solutions journalism, problem-solving is at the center of the narrative. In addition to that narrative, solutions journalism also supplies …
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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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