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    Stealth-Mode Journalism

    Nov 09, 2017 3 minutes

    There’s a subtle theme, surely it can’t be a coincidence, tucked in the September issue (46.1): suicide. In the Intro, John Clary Davies gently touches on dying by suicide in a vignette (“Siri: Alta, Utah”). Marc Peruzzi references suicide rates in the Rocky Mountains in an opinion piece (“Skiing Is Politics”). Then Megan Michelson profiles Jackie Paaso (“Resilience”) and the skier’s struggle with depression and suicide attempts. That’s three stories focusing or touching on death by suicide in a ski magazine’s annual buyer’s guide. Repeat: the Buyer’s Guide.

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