KUALA LUPUR, June 9 -- More than 200 editors, journalists and media professionals have endorsed a national pledge on safe, ethical and responsible reporting of suicide-related content, in a collective industry move aimed at strengthening newsroom practices on sensitive public health coverage.

According to organisers, the pledge was signed by representatives from the Malaysian Media Council, the National Union of Journalists and Gabungan Kelab Media Malaysia during a programme titled "Reporting Suicide: A Newsroom Guide to Safer Coverage", jointly organised by the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF) and the National Centre of Excellence for Mental Health (NCEMH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, at the Putrajaya Int...