Resources For Journalists

Covers of the guide in Arabic, Spanish and English

A dynamic and thorough guide for mental health reporting

The Carter Center Journalism Resource Guide on Mental Health Reporting supports journalists' efforts to report accurately and effectively on mental health issues, including suicide and addiction and substance use, in ways that do not reinforce stereotypes or perpetuate stigma.

This up-to-date version, published in March 2024 with support from the the National Institute for Health Care Management, is available in English, Spanish, and Arabic.

Fellowship News

Two road signs in Tatums, Oklahoma. One reads "TATUMS: The friendly people make the difference," and the other "Tatums, Okla: Home of T-Okie."

Black farmers face specific, outsized challenges in rural mental health crisis

Oklahoma State Highway 7 runs by the Mary T. Tatums Municipal Building in one of Oklahoma’s historic All-Black towns, Tatums.

Bonnie Hooks sits with her neighbors at one of the round tables inside the building. Like her grandmother, Hooks is a farmer in Tatums, where she raises pigs.

Woman and her daughter.

Arizona cracked down on Medicaid fraud that targeted Native Americans. It left patients without care.

Before her fifth birthday, Rainy had experienced a lifetime of trauma. As an infant, she witnessed violence at home before child welfare authorities intervened and her parents were incarcerated. Night terrors followed. Then, she endured the death of her great uncle who had taken on the role of dad.

Picture of Avit Ndayiziga

The Carter Center Awards Two Non-U.S. Journalists New Climate Change Mental Health Fellowships

Aug. 2, 2024 ATLANTA — The Carter Center has awarded two journalists a new fellowship as part of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. This new fellowship, a shared initiative of the Carter Center Human Rights and Mental Health programs, supports journalists’ efforts to explore the impacts of…