NOLA.com and The Times-Picayune has won the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting for a project exploring the long-term impact of violence on children in a poor neighborhood in New Orleans. “NOLA.com and The Times-Picayune journalists spent a year following a youth football team in a deeply troubled section of New Orleans to Read More »
We are proud to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2019 Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting. To learn more, or to submit your application click here. Entries must be for journalism broadcast or published in calendar year 2018. The deadline for entries is Friday, March 15, 2019.
We are delighted to share the full manuscript of our work regarding workplace mental health, which was published this spring in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM). This key initiative of The Luv u Project is an alliance with The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH). As the oldest school of public health in the Read More »
The Luv u Project is grateful to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for its annual award in honor of Carolyn and Richard Mattingly. We are particularly pleased that this recognition highlights the vital importance of mental health within the cystic fibrosis community. Rich’s career with the CF Foundation spanned nearly four decades, with Carolyn at his Read More »
John Schmid of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is the 2018 winner of the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting. The Luv u Project, in partnership with the National Press Foundation, established this award in 2015 to honor excellence in mental health reporting. The award recognizes exemplary journalism that illuminates and advances the understanding of mental Read More »
In our continuing effort to both educate and advance the understanding of mental health and treatment, The Luv u Project has introduced an annual paid fellowship as a component of our “Promises Kept” initiative. Our inaugural fellowship is in partnership with The National Press Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free professional development to Read More »
As a component of our “Promises Kept” initiative, we are proud to share the awarding of spring scholarships for two students of Montgomery College, based in Maryland. “From the outset, we wanted to make several commitments each year that would vividly reflect the luv and spirit that made Carolyn so special.” said Rich Mattingly, Founder Read More »
We are proud to announce that The Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting will open for entries on January 18 and close on March 16, 2018. Established to honor excellence in mental health reporting, the award carries a $10,000 prize and is a partnership with the National Press Foundation. It was founded in 2014 Read More »
In its September 2017 issue, the Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses contains an article entitled Mental Health in the Workplace, which highlights the work of The Luv u Project. The article states “An initiative geared to addressing mental health issues in the workplace is the Luv u Project, established by the Read More »
Between 30-50% of adults in the U.S. experience a mental illness at some point in their lives, and 63% of Americans participate in the labor force. This makes the workplace a critical environment for addressing mental health. WELCOA (the Wellness Council of America) is one of the nation’s most-respected resources for building high-performing, healthy workplaces. Read More »