edgarshade
Bluelighter
Guardian
Greenslade Blog
With reader comments
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/dec/02/drugs-newspapers
'I was expecting to speak at midday today at the launch of an excellent pamphlet The media guide to drugs: Key facts and figures for journalists produced by an organisation called DrugScope.
It is a superb, comprehensive piece of work, running to 140 pages, that should prove invaluable to all journalists who write at any time about drugs.
Sadly, there are no trains this morning from Brighton to London because of the snow, so I will not be able to attend the launch after all.
If I had done so, I would have said that newspapers have had a poor record in reporting on drugs. They have contributed to the widespread misunderstanding about the topic.'
'This is especially true of stories about celebrities and drugs. Instead of discouraging young people from taking drugs, such coverage has tended to glamourise the habit and therefore enticed more people to try drugs.
The drugs guide should be read by every journalist and would-be journalist. Copies should be on the shelves of every newsroom.
I am very sorry I couldn't be today's launch. It's available here (link below). Download it now and get addicted to using it.'
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/resources/Media+Guide
Greenslade Blog
With reader comments
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/dec/02/drugs-newspapers
'I was expecting to speak at midday today at the launch of an excellent pamphlet The media guide to drugs: Key facts and figures for journalists produced by an organisation called DrugScope.
It is a superb, comprehensive piece of work, running to 140 pages, that should prove invaluable to all journalists who write at any time about drugs.
Sadly, there are no trains this morning from Brighton to London because of the snow, so I will not be able to attend the launch after all.
If I had done so, I would have said that newspapers have had a poor record in reporting on drugs. They have contributed to the widespread misunderstanding about the topic.'
'This is especially true of stories about celebrities and drugs. Instead of discouraging young people from taking drugs, such coverage has tended to glamourise the habit and therefore enticed more people to try drugs.
The drugs guide should be read by every journalist and would-be journalist. Copies should be on the shelves of every newsroom.
I am very sorry I couldn't be today's launch. It's available here (link below). Download it now and get addicted to using it.'
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/resources/Media+Guide
