NPR's Policy On Suicide Reporting Is To 'Be Judicious' With Details
NPR's newscasts should have been more judicious when talking about how Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain took their lives.
With two suicides this week of well-known Americans, "best practices" for reporting such deaths are again relevant. NPR's reporting has mostly been exemplary, even as it has missed the mark at least twice.
A newscast at 4 p.m. ET Thursday reported the means by which fashion designer Kate Spade took her life; the 1 p.m. Friday newscast reported the same for Anthony Bourdain, the chef-turned-food
