Battling Opioids: A Project of Pennsylvania Public Media
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- Newsletter and News Release detail Pennsylvania's Public TV stations' plan over the next few years regarding the state's opioid crisis.
- Rural agencies use collaboration as weapon in opioid battle
- Collaboration among Pennsylvania pubmedia documents opioid crisis: ‘The worst is yet to come’ from Current
- ‘The Pub’ #110: How pubcasters are teaming up to take on Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis from Current
- Battling Opioids: A Project of Pennsylvania Public Media from WITF
- Tag Search for “opioid state of emergency” on WITF
Breaking Heroin's Grip: Road to Recovery from Maryland Public Television
On February 11, 2017 MPT's documentary exploring the region's heroin problem aired regionally on nearly 30 television and radio stations in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. The broadcast was followed by a 20-minute live phone bank offering viewers expert information about treatment. The documentary was produced by Maryland Public Television in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Visit MPT's digital content & resources page for more details. If you have any questions about how agreements to simulcast the programs was put together please contact Tom Williams at MPT. Also check out an article in Market Wired and an article in Current.
- Steven Schupak, Chief Operating Officer of Maryland Public Television, discussed at the GM Strategy Meeting in October 2017 how MPT produced a documentary and worked with public and commercial broadcasters to focus attention on the opioid crisis.
More Local Content from Stations
Some call it an epidemic. Some call it a crisis. Whatever the label, too many western New Englanders know someone affected by opioid misuse. Addictive painkillers and illegal narcotics have affected thousands of local families — and will affect thousands more without the intervention of community, medical, and political stakeholders. View a list of community resources about addiction.
In partnership with the Center for Human Development (CHD) and the Berkshire Eagle, WGBY facilitated a town hall-style discussion, entitled The Opioid Crisis: A Community Dialogue. The goal of the effort is to give voice to those concerned about opioid addiction in western New England. The forum was broadcast live on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m.
In the News
- Special PBS programming looks at opioid crisis
- PBS to air Venn’s ‘The Heroin Effect’
- Eastern Panhandle Nurse Sees Harm Reduction as Part of Opioid Treatment Solution - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- Police change their mindset after talking with former addicts - WITF
- Local PBS Station Earns Emmy Nomination for Opioid Special - WGBY
- With Foster Care Numbers Rising, A Pilot Effort to Get More Relatives Involved from WOSU
- Manatee County Introduces 'Handle With Care' For Some Students from WUSF
- Staying Alive: How To Fight An Opioid Addiction from WLRN
- WQED, additional state public broadcasters, address opioid crisis
- What is the Cost of Opioid Addiction in Your State? Here Are the Numbers
- Trump Says He Will Focus On Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment by Maine Public
- Opioid overdose driver in accidental death increase in PA
- Pilot program in Berks County aims to reduce overdoses from WITF
- LEAD program is tackling the opioid crisis in a new way in Baltimore City - from MPT
- Children Collateral Damage In Opioid Epidemic - WLRN
- Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely - Houston Public Media
- West Virginians Fight To Save A Generation From Opioid Addiction, Often With Hands Tied - Huffington Post
- America's opioid epidemic - CNN
- Locals, Policymakers Wrestle With Opioid Crisis At Public Forum, WFSU
- Understanding the science of pain, with the help of virtual reality, Newshour
- Broadcasters: Taking Action to End the Opioid Epidemic, NAB
- U.S. Surgeon General Says Working Together Is Key To Combating Opioid Crisis - Ideastations
- Treatment And Economics Key To Opioid Fight, Says Ohio State Report - WOSU
- Arizona TV and Radio Stations to Air ASU-Produced Documentary on Prescription Drug Abuse - Arizona PBS
- How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic? - From Frontline
- Opioid Epidemic - Collection from PBS Newshour
- What does the emergency declaration mean for opioid crisis? from PBS Newshour
- Trump Administration Declares Opioid Crisis A Public Health Emergency - Maine Public
- Public television to air documentary highlighting opioid addiction - Baltimore Sun