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Resources for Educators

Reporting on drug use and addiction is complex. Here, you can find resources we've created to support your students.

RESOURCES

Best Practices and Recommendations for Ethical Reporting on Addiction
One-page guide featured research-based, non-stigmatizing language recommendations and story tag for addiction reporting.
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Language Style Guide – Expanded
Detailed list of terminology and language suggestions, expanding on the recommendations in the one-page.
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Best Practices and Recommendations for Ethical Reporting on Addiction – Creating Visuals
One-page guide featuring recommendations for creating ethical imagery and caption writing.
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Expanded Visual Style Guide
Detailed recommendations and examples for creating ethical imagery for content about addiction.
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How-To: Digital Security
Toolkit featuring best practices for journalists to protect themselves and their sources online.
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Bring our Ready-to-Use Curriculum to your Classroom!

Each summer, we onboard a new cohort of college journalism educators to teach Reporting on Addiction's curriculum. Applications will open Spring 2026.

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States where college journalism professors teach Reporting on Addiction curriculum. Updated June 2025.

SERVICES

STUDENT NEWSROOM TRAINING

Want to improve how your student newsroom covers addiction? We’re here for you. We offer in-person and virtual trainings with access to our resources.

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EXPERT DATABASE

Use our vetted, searchable database of addiction subject matter experts from across the country. Or contact us directly so we can help you find what you need.

Note - Please filter by those willing to speak with students if using this database for a class or student newsroom. If you can’t find someone, we can help!

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5 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Reporting on Addiction

This 4-minute video features five digestible tips that you can implement in your classroom today to improve your students' reporting on addiction, treatment and recovery.

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