Media Links  

• Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland

  http://www.asai.ie/

• Broadcasting Complaints Commission

  http://www.bcc.ie

• Broadcasting Complaints Commission

  http://www.bcc.ie/

• Contact information for Irish Media

  http://www.medialive.ie

• Hacked Off

  A journalist's Guide to Disability Prepared by National Union of Journalists.

  http://www.nuj.org.uk

• Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland

  Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI) hotline for reporting illegal and harmful internet material

  http://www.hotline.ie

• Media guidelines for reporting on schizophrenia

  http://www.sirl.ie/other/repository_docs/82.pdf

• Mediawise

  http://www.mediawise.org.uk

• Mental Health Media Toolkit

  http://www.openuptoolkit.net/home/index.php

• Mindframe-media

  Mindframe-media is an online companion to the publication 'Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness - a resource for media professionals

  http://www.mindframe-media.info/

• National Newspapers of Ireland

  National Newspapers of Ireland - is a non-profit organisation representing Daily, Sunday and National Weekly newspapers sold in Ireland.

  http://www.nni.ie/v2/broad/index.php

• National Union of Journalists

  http://www.nuj.org.uk

• National Union of Journalists Code of Conduct

  http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=59

• Opening minds opening doors

  Opening Minds - Opening Doors

  How to make a difference when reporting on mental health issues

  Prepared by the world federation for Mental Health (WFMH)

  WFMH is an international membership organization founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health.

  http://www.wfmh.org/

• Preventing suicide - A resource for media professionals

   Preventing suicide - A resource for media professionals reporting on suicide written by the IASP International association of suicide prevention and WHO.

  http://www.who.int/mental_health/resources/preventingsuicide/en/

• Shift Speakers Bureau

  The Shift Speakers Bureau is a bank of people who have mental health problems who want to speak out about their experiences to the media.

  The bureau is a one-stop-shop for journalists wanting to hear extraordinary, real-life stories of people from all walks of life. Their accounts will also help challenge the myths and stereotypes about mental illness by giving people with mental health problems a voice.

  If you would like to arrange an interview with one of our speakers, please contact the Ben Furner on 01273 463461 or email ben@bf-pr.co.uk

  http://www.shift.org.uk/speakersbureau

• The Press Council of Ireland

  The Press Council of Ireland is the body that appoints the Press Ombudsman. It takes decisions in cases of significance or complexity which have been referred to it by the Press Ombudsman. It also decides on appeals from decisions of the Press Ombudsman.

  The Press Council has 13 members. Seven of these, including the Chairman, are drawn from suitably qualified persons representative of a broad spectrum of Irish society. The remaining six members of the Press Council provide senior editorial and journalistic expertise and perspectives reflective of the press industry.

  The independent Chairman of the Press Council is Professor Thomas Mitchell, former Provost of Trinity College Dublin.

  In 2003, the legal advisory group on defamation - established by the Minister for Justice - recommended in its report that the defamation laws be reformed and a statutory press council established.

  While the newspaper and magazine industry welcomed news that the defamation laws would be reformed, there was significant opposition to the concept of a statutory press council. So the industry came together and formed the Press Industry Steering Committee comprising representatives of the following organisations:

  • National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI)
  • Regional Newspapers Association of Ireland (RNAI)
  • Periodical Publishers Association of Ireland (PPAI)
  • National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
  • Irish Editions of UK Titles

  http://www.pressombudsman.ie