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Teen suicide begins to appear in newspapers
The Globe and Mail (Canada) does a report on the statistics of teen suicide -
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Teen Suicide coverage throughout the years
Continuous tv appearances, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and other media coverage about the issue of teen suicide -
The New York Times writes an article about Suicide Television Week
One of the first major times teen suicide was focused on television, was in a series of tv shows: "'Teen-age Suicide: Don't Try It!'' and ''Teen-age Press Conference: Suicide.'' There was also an hour long documentary -
TV: The problem of teenage suicide
The New York reports on a television special, ''Teen-age Suicide: Too Young to Die.'' Teen suicide rates were up 300% at the time of the airing. The 30-minute program, hosted by LeVar Burton, drew attention to the problem. -
20/20 does first report on gay teen suicide
The Washington Post reports on the 20/20 segment about the rise in suicide rates of gay teens. -
USA Today Artice: "Suicide among young teens increases 120%"
The media constantly reports on this issue, but USA Today reported in 1995 that suicides among children ages 10 to 14 had increased dramatically, says a new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control.The rate of such youthful suicides increased 120% between 1980 and 1992, the last year for which data are complete, the report says. -
Christian Science Monitor report: When Silence can be Fatal
After more suicides, the CSM asks: Does talking candidly to teens about suicide quell the impulse - or glamorize it? Schools struggle to decide. -
Film & Music: Film: Sex. Violence.
Teen movies used to be about growing pains, bunking off school and prom night. Now it's mental illness, apocalypse and suicide. A study in London does a review about the appearance of suicide in films and causes moviemakers in America to evaluate -
Rutgers Remembers Tyler Clementi
Huge media frenzy over the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, after a string of gay teen suicides over the country -
National Bullying Prevention Month
Sparks a week-long primetime special on MSNBC about bullying prevention -
Gay Buffalo Teen Commits Suicide on Eve of National Bullying Summit
This story was a big story in the media, including appearances on Good Morning America and the Today Show. A teen had been cyberbullied because he was gay, and committed suicide because of the bullying.