Palo Alto is home to competitive academic environment in addition to high-profile companies like Google, Facebook, Tesla, and Hewlett-Packard and Stanford University. In 2012, US News and World Report ranked Gunn High School 11th in the nation for science, technology, engineering, and math education (“Best STEM High Schools”). In In the Palo Alto school district, a score in the 75th percentile on the SAT is a 2200, the 99th percentile for students. Parent Alan Eagle, associate at Google and graduate of Dartmouth University, bluntly expressed the divide between what he tells his son and what he actually means, telling the New York Times, “I can say all I want that it doesn’t matter where my son goes to college. I’m sure as much as I preach that,
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WHO summarized the main points that the majority of sources included in their guidelines into the following: educate the public about suicide, avoid language that sensationalizes or normalizes suicide or presents it as a solution, avoid excessive suicide stories or prominent placement of them, avoid details about the method of execution or location of the suicide, word headlines carefully, exercise caution in using any visuals, take care in covering celebrity suicides, show consideration for those affected, and recognize that media professionals may be affected by covering suicide (“Preventing Suicide: A Resource for Media Professionals”). One of the most emphasized rules was that media outlets should provide information about where to seek help when covering a story, and Suicide.org even claimed that journalism can “either promote suicide or prevent suicide” (Caruso). Including sources such as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in stories is one of the suggested ways for journalists to help prevent suicide. These rules are rooted in preventing suicide and suicide contagions, dealing with the sensitivity of grieving individuals, and providing the public with information to help them recognize …show more content…
By nature, preventing suicide and creating solution that encourage informed positive change requires discussion and coverage. Additionally, stigma is erased with both exposure, familiarity, and knowledge. While the effects of publicizing and romanticizing suicide, especially with celebrities, shows the dangers that are associated with news coverage of suicides, the discussion and coverage of suicide cannot limited excessively. Although the guidelines are well-intentioned, they restrict the journalist and prevent journalistic decision-making regarding which information to include: journalists must weigh the benefits ad risks of publishing certain pieces of information, Additionally, the guidelines and recommendations restrict information and education in general for reasons of health and respect, but it is up to journalists and media to determine what information should be included or pursued to cover the issue in a way that will spark social change. Media coverage must focus on the details that encourage solutions, educate news consumers, and promote open and constructive discussion about suicide, not limit the coverage to insubstantial
WHO summarized the main points that the majority of sources included in their guidelines into the following: educate the public about suicide, avoid language that sensationalizes or normalizes suicide or presents it as a solution, avoid excessive suicide stories or prominent placement of them, avoid details about the method of execution or location of the suicide, word headlines carefully, exercise caution in using any visuals, take care in covering celebrity suicides, show consideration for those affected, and recognize that media professionals may be affected by covering suicide (“Preventing Suicide: A Resource for Media Professionals”). One of the most emphasized rules was that media outlets should provide information about where to seek help when covering a story, and Suicide.org even claimed that journalism can “either promote suicide or prevent suicide” (Caruso). Including sources such as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in stories is one of the suggested ways for journalists to help prevent suicide. These rules are rooted in preventing suicide and suicide contagions, dealing with the sensitivity of grieving individuals, and providing the public with information to help them recognize …show more content…
By nature, preventing suicide and creating solution that encourage informed positive change requires discussion and coverage. Additionally, stigma is erased with both exposure, familiarity, and knowledge. While the effects of publicizing and romanticizing suicide, especially with celebrities, shows the dangers that are associated with news coverage of suicides, the discussion and coverage of suicide cannot limited excessively. Although the guidelines are well-intentioned, they restrict the journalist and prevent journalistic decision-making regarding which information to include: journalists must weigh the benefits ad risks of publishing certain pieces of information, Additionally, the guidelines and recommendations restrict information and education in general for reasons of health and respect, but it is up to journalists and media to determine what information should be included or pursued to cover the issue in a way that will spark social change. Media coverage must focus on the details that encourage solutions, educate news consumers, and promote open and constructive discussion about suicide, not limit the coverage to insubstantial