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Welcome and Introductions
-- Thank you so much for this great opportunity. Good
welcome. Got everyone to meet and interact right off
the bat. Excellent organization of workbooks, etc. liked
the ability to pick up name for place setting and
“choose” seat (rather than assigned).
-- Great diversity. Bios and contact info in booklet a
great idea, very helpful for future networking.
History of Drug Abuse and Addiction
-- A great overview filled with good, interesting and
some surprising information! Good supporting visuals
and statistics.
-- Very good for setting the stage with some historical
perspective and current stats. Loved that all slides cited
sources!
Introduction to Pharmacological Terms
-- Great job of taking complicated scientific processes
and presenting them in common terms. Animation movie
was excellent and summarized key points.
-- Awesome! Really well explained, crucial basic science
info for journalists.
The Neurobiology of Addiction
-- Excellent! I really learned how drugs and alcohol affect
our brain. This is a real disease. I feel I will leave
this workshop with great story ideas for future articles.
Great presentation and very helpful graphics.
-- Dr. Friedman is a genius and clearly a leader in this
field for good reason. I would have liked more time to
tap his brain and glean some of his overall knowledge.
Addiction as a Disease of Compulsion, drive, and
Learning
-- Comparing addiction to congestive heart failure was a
great way to put the two illnesses into perspective.
-- Very useful information—central to educating newsroom
decision-makers.
Does Prevention Work? What Science Tells Us
-- Most interesting session on Thursday. Most likely to
fit into coverage arc.
-- Fantastic! Dr. Holder was extremely informative, well
versed and very passionate about his topic. I enjoyed
his grasp of the subject and easy-going amiable manner
when answering the myriad questions that participants
asked of him.
A Personal Story of Addiction
-- Absolutely wonderful, touching, and useful.
Having this personal experience aided my new scientific
understanding of real world consequences.
-- She is amazing—inspirational, open, funny.
Does Addiction Treatment Work?
-- Best presentation so far. Finally answered nagging
questions I had from Day 1. Exchange was great.
Presentation useful and applicable.
--Excellent presentation from beginning to end. Deni was
very concise, clear explanations and wonderful sharing of
her personal story. Excellent question, answer session.
Targeting Dispositions by Risks and Needs
--Also very relevant to my job duties as a criminal justice
reporter.
-- Broke down divides of drug use/criminal behavior.
Provided additional solutions—real world—for nuanced
problems. These solutions are necessary for furthering
our understanding of drug/alcohol problems.
Journalists’ Roundtable
-- Great ideas, feedback—valuable to hear views/
opinions from colleagues—inspirational.
-- So useful! Really helps place what we’ve learned onto
the context of what we can write about. Always fun to
bounce ideas off of other professionals, getting feedback
and new perspectives.
A Word from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
Deputy Director
-- Great delivery of very key information. *Some really
excellent story leads. *Could have listened to two sessions
from Tim.
-- Loved this guy! Important info about RX abuse/use/
prescribing problem and military issues. Loved his style
of presentation. Lively and fun.
Scientifically Reliable Internet Sources
-- This is a great take-away for us. I had previously
been relying on three websites mainly CDC, NIH, -and
SAMHSA. This expands my references greatly.
-- Treasure trove of websites. I particularly appreciated
the info on “Pub Med” which was a new source for me.
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Society for Neuroscience and Your Mentors
-- Informative. Could be very useful with additional research.
-- It was important to know the work of this society.
This can be a good source of information on experts.
To what extent did the program help you meet
your overall expectations?
-- Thank you so much. In a time when most newsrooms
are cutting people and resources as well as asking journalists
to do more with less, it was nice to be able to
take in some meaningful professional development that
will help me do my job better.
-- Thought it was great and very well done. Great
choice of speakers and material—managed to explain
dense subjects in clear manner.
To what extent will the program improve the
quality of your reporting on addiction?
-- Very few programs provide on-going help and information
for working journalists. This program is a model
and should be expanded. The reach of our journalists’
audiences alone is staggering.
-- I realize the importance of educating the public on the
scientific basis of addiction, mindful of the fact that a
significant segment of the population views addiction in
a moral context.
In the next six months do you plan to use any of
the material presented in the program in stories
that you write or produce?
--Our newsroom is planning a series on addiction, and
this information will help immensely.
--I hope that I will incorporate the information in the
immediate future and long term. This is knowledge for
life, really.
In the next six months, do you plan to visit the
Addiction Studies Program website? What information
on the website would be most helpful to
you in writing about addiction?
-- I was not previously aware of this website but I will
be consulting it as a tool for my research, education, and
future articles.
--Adolescent brain development, neurobiology of addiction.
To what extent did material presented in the program
change the way you view the nature of addiction?
-- I will be looking at addiction in a different way. Not
just as a social problem but as a medical problem or as a
real disease.
--The impact of addiction on the developing brain, especially
the impact of age of exposure—changed my view
of the trajectory of addiction.
How would you rate the overall quality of the program?
-- This was top-quality, well-presented, with great attention
to detail. Five stars *****!!! I would recommend
this to anyone serious about covering drug abuse, addiction,
treatment, recovery, or the health/legal system.
-- The intent of those who created this program is to
provide journalists with tools and information with which
to better inform the public via the media. On that level,
it succeeded tremendously!
Has the program changed the way you will write
or produce stories on addiction?
-- Just gave me additional ideas for TV show outlines
and news articles. ***Also suggested collaborating on a
documentary with 2 other women present. (national)
We are going to talk post workshop!
-- Will approach more from public health point of view
than public safety—also from more scientific point of
view.
What aspects of the program did you like most?
-- Great workbooks!! All the topics were worth inclusion!
Loved the personal stories interwoven into presentations.
Deni and Susan particularly. Thought pre-conference
info and e-mails were perfectly done.
-- Knowledgeable, talented enthusiastic speakers who
worked hard to make program relevant and information
accessible to journalists.
Other comments?
-- I have close to 30 years multimedia experiences and
this program was helpful even to me and I think to up
and coming journalists. I would love to work further
with many organizers to help develop videos on many of
these topics or children’s curriculum for after school.
-- Thank you for a wonderful opportunity to strengthen
my skills, increase my knowledge, and meet new contacts
(personally and professionally). This was a very
positive, productive experience!
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