Media
What you can do to help prevent suicide
Some types of media reporting and portrayal of suicide can increase suicide risk for vulnerable people. Enhancing safe reporting and portrayal of suicide by the media can make an important contribution to suicide prevention. SPINZ recognises that the topic of suicide can provide challenges for those reporting it and can provide you with key resources and research to assist in safe reporting.
For media enquiries:
DDI:09 966 5725
Mobile: 021 036 0368
Email: chris@mentalhealth.org.nz
Paula Taylor
DDI: 09 300 7025
Mobile: 021 300 594
Email: paula@mentalhealth.org.nz
Key resources
Media Reporting
Coroners’ Act 2006 No 38 
Mindframe: Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness
Reporting Suicide: At a Glance Card
Suicide and The Media: The Reporting and Portrayal of Suicide in the Media
New Zealand Research
Suicide Facts: Deaths and Intentional Self-Harm Hospitalisations 2008
Death Knocks, Professional Practice, and the Public Good: The Media Experience of Suicide Reporting in New Zealand
Reporting of Suicide in New Zealand Media - Content and Case Study Analysis
Reporting of Suicide in New Zealand Media - Content and Case Study Analysis - Factsheet
Suicide and the Media: A Study of the Media Response
