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Nerissa Young, MAJ

  • Associate Professor of Instruction
  • Adviser to OHIO chapter of Society of Professional Journalists

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Expert Bio

 

Young was a co-author of "Newspaper Adherence to Media Reporting Guidelines for the Suicide Deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain" that was published by the Journal of the American Medical Association in November 2019. The paper received a Sigma Delta Chi Award in Research in Journalism in 2020 from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Expertise at a Glance

Young is an expert in journalism ethics, journalism and trauma and media law. She collaborated to develop and provide a curriculum and web portal with resources to teach journalists the best practices for covering suicide.

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