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Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors

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REPORTERS

The reporters included here have written important stories on mental health issues and have agreed to be accessible and helpful to other journalists. Daily journalists are generally less busy in the morning. Database searches under these names will yield important work.

Steve Findlay, reporter, USA Today; has done extensive reporting on behavioral managed care. * (800) 872-3410, ext. 6406.

Carol Hymowitz and Ellen Joan Pollock, The Wall Street Journal, did an outstanding series, "The New Economics of Mental Health,'' in 1995. Hymowitz: (412) 553-6900, E-mail: carol.hymowitz@news. wsj.com; Pollock: (212) 416-2302, ellen.pollock@news.wsj.com

 David Nather, Reporter, Health Care Policy Report, 1231 25th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20037 * (202) 331-5113, fax (202) 331-5102, E-mail: dnather@bna.com

 Tom Siegfried and Sue Goetinck,Dallas Morning News * This pair did an excellent series, "Science vs. Stigma" in 1996; Goetinck: (214) 977-8747, E-mail: sgoetinck@dallasnews.com; Siegfried: E-mail: tsiegfried@dallasnews.com.

NOTE: In 1997, the Carter Center established The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. The fellowships provide $10,000 grants to five fellows each year so each may complete a project on a selected topic relevant to mental health. For more information, contact Dr. John Gates, director of the center's Mental Health Program at 453 Freedom Parkway, One Copenhill, Atlanta, Ga., 30307 * (404) 420-5165, fax (404) 420-5158, Web site: http://www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER, E-mail: ccmhp@emory. edu.