Comments on: Quiet pages: the reporting of suicide in New Zealand’s news media http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media Fri, 25 May 2012 03:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Electrum Stardust http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media#comment-384503 Electrum Stardust Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:56:40 +0000 http://www.salient.org.nz/?p=9340#comment-384503 It is not every day that Salient (or student magazines in general) gets complimented on RNZ. Laura even got mentioned by name, I think. Keep it up! It is not every day that Salient (or student magazines in general) gets complimented on RNZ. Laura even got mentioned by name, I think. Keep it up!

]]> By: Jackson Wood http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media#comment-384498 Jackson Wood Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:57:38 +0000 http://www.salient.org.nz/?p=9340#comment-384498 As talked about on Radio NZ! http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20090602-1150-Media-048.mp3 As talked about on Radio NZ!

http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20090602-1150-Media-048.mp3

]]> By: Stella http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media#comment-384119 Stella Mon, 25 May 2009 02:45:22 +0000 http://www.salient.org.nz/?p=9340#comment-384119 I think one of the reasons why suicide is such a difficult thing to deal with is that suicide itself isn't actually the problem. It's a response to a problem, or problems. Preventing suicide involves helping people to solve their problems in ways that don't involve dying. I don't imagine the media will ever cover this complex issue in the way it deserves, but perhaps the media could help us to open a dialogue about why these people thought suicide was the only option open to them. I think one of the reasons why suicide is such a difficult thing to deal with is that suicide itself isn’t actually the problem. It’s a response to a problem, or problems. Preventing suicide involves helping people to solve their problems in ways that don’t involve dying. I don’t imagine the media will ever cover this complex issue in the way it deserves, but perhaps the media could help us to open a dialogue about why these people thought suicide was the only option open to them.

]]> By: Joan http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media#comment-384041 Joan Fri, 22 May 2009 09:17:42 +0000 http://www.salient.org.nz/?p=9340#comment-384041 It needs to be sensitively out in the open. Along with emergency phone numbers and websites, suicide needs to be discussed in an open and healthy manner. It is a cancer in New Zealand. Under reporting and ignoring this "dirty little secret" is absolutely irresponsible by the parliment and the media. I would like to see more ads for help which - in small type - includes help for suicidal thoughts. Banner headlines just glamorize a problem that is truly a mental health issue. Get over it New Zealand, polite, trite words just don't cut it - be honest but not brutally honest! This is not that hard to do!!! It needs to be sensitively out in the open. Along with emergency phone numbers and websites, suicide needs to be discussed in an open and healthy manner. It is a cancer in New Zealand. Under reporting and ignoring this “dirty little secret” is absolutely irresponsible by the parliment and the media. I would like to see more ads for help which – in small type – includes help for suicidal thoughts. Banner headlines just glamorize a problem that is truly a mental health issue. Get over it New Zealand, polite, trite words just don’t cut it – be honest but not brutally honest! This is not that hard to do!!!

]]> By: henok http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media#comment-383971 henok Thu, 21 May 2009 06:25:14 +0000 http://www.salient.org.nz/?p=9340#comment-383971 i do believe it is an issue that needed to be talked about. however i do not trust the media and i do not believe they will be able to report the issue in an approprite manner. the media uses such problem to gain money from it.their must be some more reasons to why the government say no to reporting such problem. to me the media and journalist are all the same. i do believe it is an issue that needed to be talked about.
however i do not trust the media and i do not believe they will be able to report the issue in an approprite manner. the media uses such problem to gain money from it.their must be some more reasons to why the government say no to reporting such problem. to me the media and journalist are all the same.

]]> By: Sando http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media#comment-383821 Sando Sun, 17 May 2009 23:06:21 +0000 http://www.salient.org.nz/?p=9340#comment-383821 That is something that worries me. If we look at the sheer amount of failed suicides, successful suicides and deaths that may have been suicides, but ruled as another cause of death, (which happens scarily often.) there must actually be a large amount of people who go through a suicidal phase or phases. Estranging the act with under reportage, and then further mysticising it with euphamistic and poor journalism is just a terrible idea. That is something that worries me. If we look at the sheer amount of failed suicides, successful suicides and deaths that may have been suicides, but ruled as another cause of death, (which happens scarily often.) there must actually be a large amount of people who go through a suicidal phase or phases. Estranging the act with under reportage, and then further mysticising it with euphamistic and poor journalism is just a terrible idea.

]]> By: Stella http://salient.org.nz/features/quiet-pages-the-reporting-of-suicide-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-news-media#comment-383818 Stella Sun, 17 May 2009 22:03:55 +0000 http://www.salient.org.nz/?p=9340#comment-383818 Here's something that I wonder about: doesn't the current method of suicide reporting imply that no one cares very much about the suicides? And didn't a lot of these people kill themselves because no one cared about them (or that's what they thought)? So the message we're sending here is really "No one cares whether people like you live or die. It's not even worth reporting." Is that the best message to be sending potential suicides? Here’s something that I wonder about: doesn’t the current method of suicide reporting imply that no one cares very much about the suicides? And didn’t a lot of these people kill themselves because no one cared about them (or that’s what they thought)? So the message we’re sending here is really “No one cares whether people like you live or die. It’s not even worth reporting.” Is that the best message to be sending potential suicides?

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