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BACKGROUND: The aim of the work is to prove the effectiveness of the recommendations developed by the authors for introducing the basics of storytelling into the educational process in the context of the development of sophisticated social skills.
METHODS: A survey method was used to determine students\' knowledge of storytelling. Previously 52% of students used the storytelling techniques only partly in classes, and 30% of students are not familiar with the storytelling features and have not previously used them.
RESULTS: The survey revealed students\' insufficient knowledge about storytelling. Comparison of students\' skills before and after the experiment showed that the developed recommendations have an impact on learning effectiveness. Such findings are attributed to the fact that after the experiment 89% of students had high scores (90-98 points), while before the experiment only 15% of students possessed such skills, with their scores ranging from 82 to 90 points.
CONCLUSIONS: Research findings may be used to develop creative texts that, among other things, drive sophisticated social skills. Practical significance. The research findings may be used by future and present scientific journalists, television journalists and presenters seeking to improve their professional and creative skills which would help them to stay competitive in the media industry.

BACKGROUND: The Hong Kong news media report suicide-related events more frequently and sensationally than Western countries. Little is known about Hong Kong media professionals\' experiences and thoughts about such reporting.
OBJECTIVE: To understand Hong Kong media professionals\' experiences and perceptions of suicide reporting and whether the news media can be better engaged into suicide prevention.
METHODS: We conducted three focus groups of journalists from both the Cantonese and English language news media. Data were analyzed using grounded theory methods.
RESULTS: We discerned three rationales from participants regarding their intense coverage of suicide-related events: (1) satisfying commercial competitiveness, (2) addressing social problems, and (3) responding to readers\' interests. The first rationale was a dominant and vigorous motivating factor, and often influenced suicide reporting among local Cantonese media. Media professionals recommended engagement strategies targeted at frontline journalists, media managers, and general media consumers.
CONCLUSIONS: We see potential to involve news media professionals in Hong Kong as working partners in suicide prevention. To succeed, this effort requires engagement in a proactive, consistent, and sustained fashion.