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For the Media

Examples of Good and Problematic Reporting

Problematic Coverage

Sensationalizing with Graphic Detail

• New York Post: NYU Reeling Over Fourth Death Leap
• New York Post: Model's Bizarre Suicide

Romanticized and Sensational Coverage

• Daily News: A Kiss Before Dying
• MSNBC: Former Enron Vice Chairman Commits Suicide

Misleading Coverage

• Washington Post: Did Ratings Slide Kill a Great Chef Of Europe?
• Boston Globe: 11 Years, 11 Suicides

Scapegoating

• New York Times Magazine: Lethal Chemistry at Harvard
• USA Today: Suicide at MIT Raises Parents' Ire

Glorification of a Suicide Pact

• New York Times: With Suicide, an Admiral Keeps Command Until the End

Good Coverage

• New York Times: And Still, Echoes of a Death Long Past
• Buffalo News: The Specter of Suicide
• New York Times: Grim Reminder on Mental Illness
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Comedy Finds a Way to Honor Dead Colleague

Mixed Coverage

• New York Times: Few Heeded the Distress Signals as a Teenager Lost Control (Good coverage, but flawed)
• Philadelphia Inquirer: Suicides Mobilize Cherry Hill School Community (Good coverage, but flawed)
• Philadelphia Inquirer (Two separate articles, same story, same day, same paper)