Over the years The Trust has worked with the World Health Organisation (WHO), mental health groups, Befrienders International and the National Union of Journalists UK & Ireland (NUJ) on a variety of issues connected with reporting of health matters, producing guidelines for media professionals, and the devising training materials for health communicators.

MediaWise/PressWise articles and reports

• Suicide and the media 
  PressWise research, guidelines and training on reporting suicide; plus other articles.
• Sensitive Coverage Saves Lives
  Compiled by MediaWise for the Shift initiative, run by NIMHE, June 2007.
• Working with the media
  Guide for health communicators, written by MediaWise for WHCA.
• From the margins to the mainstream: Putting public health in the spotlight
  Resouce for health communicators, devised and researched by PressWise for the WHO.
• Guidelines for reporting on health issues 
  Devised by PressWise for the World Health Organization.
• Spot On! Training on health communications 
  Handbook produced for WHO European Health Communication Network.

Other articles and reports

• Reporting the Swine-Flu outbreak
  Tipsheet by John Pope, published by the Dart Center, May 2009.
• Start the Press: How African communities in the UK can work with the media to confront HIV stigma
  Report by Panos London & African HIV Policy Network (AHPN), launched on 8 November 2007.
• Journalists Guide to Climate Change
  A guide to the information and disinformation from the Society of Environmental Journalists.
• Beyond the oozone layer
  By Eleni Andreadis and Joe Smith, published in British Journalism Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2007.
• HIV and the Media
  Impact Policy Bulletin from the National AIDS Trust, February 2007.
• Science for celebrities
  Information leaflet from Sense About Science, January 2007.
• Actions Speak Louder...
  Mental Health Foundation report on stigma, including the media & mental health, May 2006.
• WHO Handbook for journalists: Influenza Pandemic
  Guidance for journalists reporting on avian flu, from WHO, updated December 2005.
• Reporting manual on HIV/AIDS
  Guide from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 9 December 2005.
• Don't dumb me down
  Ben Goldacre, of badscience.net, laments poor reporting, The Guardian, 8 September 2005.
• Guidelines on science and health communication
  Produced by the Social Issues Research Centre, with the Royal Society & the Royal Institution.
• Code of conduct for editors of biomedical journals
  Produced by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
• Code of ethics for biomedical communicators
  Produced by the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA).
• An e-guide to science communication
  A resource from the Science and Development Network.
• Health e Communication
  Online resource for health communication practitioners, from Communication Initiative.
• Journalists and doctors: different aims, similar constraints 
  Report on how medical issues are reported by the mass media.
• Relying on experts 
  Articles by Dr Petra Boynton on medical research and experts quoted in the media.
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