This hour-long episode contains an interview in which we get into some tough and sensitive topics, including a discussion of how yearbook and journalism students cover suicide.

In this episode, I welcome master adviser Ellen Austin (The Harker School, Calif.) to the podcast for a discussion about supporting yearbook staffs in covering topics that are often perceived as sensitive, including everything from vaping to LGBTQ+ students, to how yearbooks identify transgender students and cover students who have died by suicide. We also talk about the wonderful opportunities we have to support our students' learning in student journalism, where so often they don't get it right the first time. These are topics we address regularly in our own lab at Tesserae, and I hope you find the conversation thought-provoking.

For additional resources on covering suicide in student media, please take a look at this from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma out of the Columbia Journalism School.

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