Side Effects Public Media
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- http://sideeffectspublicmedia.org
- http://sickpodcast.org
We're a health news initiative exploring the impacts of place, policy and economics on America's health. Our reporting sheds light on root causes of community-wide health problems—from chronic disease, to mental health and addiction, to infant mortality—and on new efforts to solve them.
We are headquartered at WFYI Public Media in Indianapolis, and work in partnership with KBIA in Columbia, Missouri; St. Louis Public Radio; Illinois Public Media in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; WNIN in Evansville, Indiana; and WOSU Public Media, in Columbus, Ohio. We also work with contributing reporters from other public radio stations around the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. We're intent on telling stories from under-covered communities and hidden-away places.
Series
In rural America, older people face more health issues, like chronic illness, mental illness and complications from loneliness and isolation. This series looks into those issues in rural Kentucky.
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Jun 05, 2019
An unusual court in Columbus, Ohio, offers a therapeutic approach instead of a punitive one to sex workers. In this two-part series, we hear the story of Stephanie Rollins' recovery from two decades of addiction and sex work, and the judge who offered her a new path for her life.
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Jul 20, 2016
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Apr 28, 2016
In 2007, 12,000 inmates with mental illness sued the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleging the agency punishes inmates with mental illness instead of properly treating them. A settlement was reached in 2016, when the state agreed to revamp mental health care and provide better treatment. But a federal judge has ruled that care remains “grossly insufficient” and “extremely poor.”
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Jan 28, 2019
In the grips of an opioid addiction epidemic, many communities are increasing efforts to prevent overdose or stem the easy access to drugs. Meanwhile, long-term recovery for many people struggling with drug or alcohol addiction remains elusive. Despite advances, addiction has strikingly high relapse rates. This series explores obstacles that hold people back from treatment and new approaches to care that can help people stay well in the long term
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Aug 09, 2016
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Aug 12, 2015
Our health journalism collaborative explores the impacts of place, policy and economics on Americans' health.
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Oct 20, 2015
Personal experiences of people in recovery shared at a live storytelling event in Indianapolis.
- From: Side Effects Public Media
- Updated: Dec 14, 2018
Pieces
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: 03:34
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 30, 2015
- Length: 03:59
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 04:18
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 03:13
- Added: Oct 26, 2015
- Length: 03:14
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 23, 2015
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 23, 2015
- Length: 03:16
- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 03:29
- Added: Sep 27, 2015
- Length: 15:59
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 13:06
People who work with Side Effects Public Media
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Jake Harper (Admin)
Health Reporter/Podcast Producer |
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Dave Rosenthal (Admin)
Managing Editor |
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Deborah Jones (Admin)
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Sarah Fentem
Reporter |
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Lauren Bavis (Admin)
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Carter Barrett (Admin)
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