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September 21, 2023 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern

September 21st Webinar: Safe Reporting Saves Lives – Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide

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With Ryan Duffy, treasurer and communications committee chair for the Michigan Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Marianne Huff, LMSW, President and CEO of the Mental Health Association in Michigan.

Suicide is one of the most challenging topics for broadcasters to report on or discuss on air. But safe reporting can save lives. This presentation from the Michigan Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention gives research-based recommendations for broadcasters and journalists to report on suicide and incidents of suicide in the headlines.

Biographies

Ryan Duffy s the treasurer and communications committee chair for the Michigan Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He started volunteering and fundraising for AFSP after losing his 23-year-old sister Caitlin to suicide in 2013.

Ryan is proud of the work AFSP does in Michigan and across the country to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. He is committed to advocating for the organization and helping to achieve the important goal of reducing the number of suicides nationwide.

Ryan works in corporate communications and media relations for an energy company. Prior to that he was a broadcast journalist for 15 years working with news outlets in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Georgia, Florida and Michigan.  He lives in Brighton with his wife Cassidy, and two young daughters, Violet and Mabel.

Marianne Huff, LMSW, has more than 20 years of leadership experience, including 14 years of executive-level staff leadership and advocacy within the behavioral health field. Marianne has a passion for improving the lives of people affected by mental health conditions and their families and is an advocate for changes in public policy and legislation that will positively impact the care and treatment of persons with mental illnesses.

Prior to her leadership roles at MHAM, Marianne served as the Executive Director of Allegan County Community Mental Health Services for six years and as the Director of Advocacy for the Ability Center of Greater Toledo in Sylvania, Ohio. Additionally, as an Advocate at the Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Marianne helped individuals and families access mental health services. Marianne uses her personal lived experience to optimistically and passionately lead, advocate and educate to improve the lives of those who struggle with behavioral health challenges and eliminate barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness.

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Recommendations on Reporting Suicides

Top Ten Notes on Suicide Reporting

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February 16, 2023: "ATSC 3.0 – Where It Stands and Where It’s Going in 2023 and Beyond"

with Madeleine Noland President Advanced Television Systems Committee

Madeleine Noland is the President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. A 15-year industry veteran who is widely respected for her consensus-building leadership style, she chaired the technology group that oversees the ATSC 3.0 next-generation broadcast standard before being named ATSC President in May 2019. Previously, she chaired various ATSC 3.0-related specialist groups, ad hoc groups and implementation teams since 2012.

Noland began her career in the television industry in 2004 with Backchannelmedia Inc., an interactive television technology developer. It was during her work there that she first became involved in ATSC projects. In 2012, she moved on to product and project management roles at Telvue Corp. before joining LG Electronics CTO’s office in 2013. Noland represented LG in a variety of industry organizations for over six years.

Most recently, Madeleine was awarded the prestigious 2022 David Sarnoff Medal by the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) in a ceremony held in Hollywood, California. She has also received TV NewsCheck’s “2019 Futurist” Women in Technology Award and was named one of 2018’s “Powerful Women in Consumer Technology” by Dealerscope magazine. In 2016, while the Chair of TG-3, she received the ATSC’s highest technical honor, the Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award recognizing her leadership related to the development of ATSC 3.0 Next Gen TV.

Credited on three U.S. patents for television technology, Noland is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Broadcast Technology Society. Noland graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts. She enjoys travel, and she plays keyboards in a band called “Brave Pursuit.”

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