Many conversations about suicide only focus on prevention and looking for the warning signs. But what if a suicide has already happened? How do we talk about it publicly and privately in healthy, supportive ways? During this week’s show we’ll discuss the media coverage of recent suicides, like the death at AFN, and how to have community conversations about such deaths.
HOST: Anne Hillman
GUESTS:
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Eric Boyer, Training Coordinator, The Alaska Training Cooperative/UAA’s Center for Human Development College of Health
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Alex DeMarban, reporter, Alaska Dispatch News
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Scott Jensen, multimedia journalist, Alaska Dispatch News
KSKA (FM 91.1) BROADCAST: Friday, Oct. 30, at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31, at 6:00 p.m.
Alaska Public Television BROADCAST: Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31, at 6:00 p.m.
Anne Hillman is the healthy communities editor at Alaska Public Media and a host of Hometown, Alaska. Reach her atahillman@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Annehere.