Support for the Media
Leaders shape culture. We provide workshops for senior leaders, HRteams and line managers.
- Understand mental health and mental illness in the workplace
- Recognise and challenge stigma
- Respond appropriately and confidently
- Build psychologically safe environments
- Signpost relevant mental health support in Ireland
Strong leadership is essential to sustainable change.
Shine provides guidance to help organisations develop or strengthen a clear, actionable mental health policy.
- A strong policy ensures:
- Consistency in approach
- Fair and transparent processes
- Clear support pathways
- Alignment with Irish equality legislation
This creates a foundation for long-term workplace support for employees.
Mental health awareness is everyone’s responsibility. Shine delivers interactive workshops for staff that focus on:
- Understanding mental health in the workplace
- Reducing stigma
- Promoting open conversations
- Supporting colleagues appropriately
Organisations may also engage with Shine’s Green Ribbon campaign and invite Shine Ambassadors to share lived experience perspectives. These sessions help humanise the conversation and deepen understanding.
Champions help maintain momentum.
Organisations are encouraged to develop a visible network of trained Mental Health Champions across departments.
Champions:
- Promote awareness day-to-day
- Encourage open dialogue
- Challenge stigma when it arises
- Support colleagues in seeking appropriate help
- A strong Champion network embeds mental health support in workplace culture.
Cultural change does not stop at the office door.
Organisations are encouraged to publicly demonstrate their commitment to mental health awareness and support. This may include:
- Participating in the Green Ribbon campaign
- Sharing internal initiatives externally
- Encouraging sector-wide conversations
This reinforces leadership and extends positive impact beyond the workplace.
Organisations that complete the programme receive:
- Shine Workplace Programme certification
- Digital accreditation assets
- Recognition on Shine’s website
Accreditation signals a tangible commitment to mental health in Irish workplaces and positions your organisation as a leader in reducing stigma.
Shine’s Media Monitoring
Data-Driven Insights for Safer Media Practices
Funded through the National Office for Suicide Prevention, our media monitoring can offer journalists evidence-based insights to support them in telling important and complex mental health stories. Using existing guidelines on suicide reporting, we analyse 1000s of suicide-related reports across print, online and broadcast news media. We share these insights to support media professionals in preventing imitative suicides and support audiences at risk of suicide.
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Media Policy and Research
Shine’s Media Programme uses insights gathered through our media monitoring, research, and lived experience panels to advocate for both national and international policy changes in mental health reporting.
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The Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in Ireland
Founded in 1996, the highly competitive Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism awards yearlong, non-residential fellowships to journalists from the United States, Colombia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to report on a mental health topic of their choice. In 2023, Shine’s Headline programme, in partnership with the Carter Center, proudly announced the rollout of this prestigious fellowship in Ireland through the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in the Republic of Ireland.
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Mental Health Media Awards
Shine works closely with the media to promote responsible and accurate reporting on mental health. Through guidance, training, and collaboration, Shine helps journalists and media professionals understand the impact of stigma and misinformation while encouraging coverage that is respectful and informed.
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Media Training and Upcoming Courses
For information on media training and upcoming courses click here.
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Media Resources
If you’re looking for resources to help you, your contributor or your audience, you may find these helpful:
In 2021, just 2% of media items referencing some mental illnesses included the perspective of someone living with that experience* . Share this quick reference checklist with potential contributors who have experience of trauma or mental illness. Clear communication and managing expectations are crucially important to creating a trauma-informed space for both you and your contributors.
The Samaritans have been guiding the media on the responsible reporting of suicide for decades. Visit their website for specific guidance on issues related to reporting on youth suicides, suicide clusters, inquest reporting, and more.
Reporters, photographers, videographers, designers, and other news staff may undergo traumatic stress during any news event whether they are at the scene or behind the desk. It’s important to have specific self-care practices in place to help your staff during these difficult moments.
Click here for the tipsheet.
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