Calling members of the media community! If you are a journalist, editor, sub-editor, news stringer, newscaster, columnist, blogger, video-blogger, media academic and/or a media student – this is your opportunity!
Come and hear first-hand from an international expert in suicide prevention with media industry experience about principles of safe reporting of suicide-related content. The workshop will be delivered in an experiential, hands-on and practical approach.
Media Workshop: Safe Reporting for Suicide Prevention
Venue : University Malaya Medical Centre
Date : 20th February 2019
Time : 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Facilitator : Assis. Prof Dr. Cheng Qijin (ex-journalist) from the Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong
This is an exciting new collaboration between Malaysian and international mental health professionals together with media academics from the public and private sector. Admission is by invitation and free-of-charge. As part of evaluating the effectiveness of this workshop, there will be a research component (anonymized responses) which is currently being reviewed for approval by the research ethics committee.
For further information, kindly contact:
1. Dr. Jane Lim
Tel : 03-91456165
Email : titiwelly@yahoo.com
2. Dr Joanne Lim
Head of School & Associate Professor in Media, Communications and Culture,
School of Media, Languages and Cultures,
University of Nottingham Malaysia.
Tel: 03-8924 8197
Email: joanne.lim@nottingham.edu.my