Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Life Unscripted has one goal - to break down stigma by sharing the inspiring stories of people living with mental illness and addiction. Shame and fear often stop people who really need help from reaching out. COVID 19 has created a mental health and addiction pandemic. For many, anxiety is now part everyday life. Alcohol and drug use has increased as people try to cope. Host Janice Arnoldi has lived with bi-polar (manic depression) disorder for more than 30 years. She has a half hour radio show and speaks regulary to groups about mental illness.
Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Attention Media! Learn How to Report About Violence Against Women
The media plays an important role in forming public opinion and jouranists and their media outlets need to change the way they report on violence against women.
Gillian’s Place - a shelter for women in Niagara - has put together a free online course on Responsible Media Reporting of Gender-Based Violence and Gendered Issues.
The course dives into how much words matter and the ways media should report gender issues.
Gillian’s Place Project Manager Laura Ip is on the show today to talk about this complex issue.
Note: This free course was developed with the media in mind but is open to everyone.
You can go directly to gilliansplace.com/responsible media or on the website under Community Education.