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Read news coverage of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Health Communication’s Creator Program.

The Center for Health Communication’s Creator program is working to build partnerships with creators who want to spread evidence-based information about public health. Creators are watched and trusted by millions, making them critical partners in ensuring that people have access to the health information that they want and need.

See news coverage about our partnerships…

Headline in The New York Times reading "Harvard Cozies Up to #MentalHealth TikTok"

The New York Times

Ellen Barry, mental health reporter at The New York Times, takes you on the ground at 2023’s Creators Summit on Mental Health at Harvard.

Carson Daly speaks about the Creators Summit on Mental Health on NBC.

NBC

NBC news coverage of Carson Daly speaking at the Creators Summit on Mental Health.

Headline in Bloomberg Opinion reading "Fight Misinformation by Influencing the Influencers"

Bloomberg Opinion

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lisa Jarvis argues that it’s about time that we train social media stars to provide their followers with evidence-backed content.

Episode title from It's Been a Minute titled "Harvard's TikTok strategy; plus, Shirley Chisholm, the coalition diva"

It's Been a Minute (from NPR)

It’s Been A Minute host Brittany Luse is joined by the Center for Health Communication’s Amanda Yarnell and Kate Speer to discuss why “working with TikTok to spread good information could be more stra

NPR headline reading "To help young people with #mentalhealth, researchers team up with TikTok influencers

NPR

Andrea Muraskin, NPR contributor, covers creator Kate Speer’s journey in the Mental Health Creator Program.

Headline in The Hill reading "How influencers can give public health the Stanley Quencher treatment"

The Hill

Writing for The Hill, the Center for Health Communication’s Amanda Yarnell and Kate Speer lay out why we need to harness the viral power of social media for public health right now.

Headline in MindSite News reading "Harvard Enlists TikTok Influencers to Correct Mental Health Myths"

MindSite News

MindSite News‘ Courtney Wise covers the motivations and strategy behind the Creators Summit on Mental Health.

Headline for BU School of Public Health reading "Influencing the influencers: How TikTok Can Promote Positive Mental Health"

BU School of Public Health

In this article, Jillian McKoy covers how our research team ran a field experiment testing how health experts and social media influencers can increase evidence-based information on social media.

Blog post for the Harvard Healthy Building Program titled "The Surprising Link between (Indoor) Air Quality and Mental Health"

Harvard Healthy Building Program

This blog post by the Harvard Healthy Buildings Program covers the briefing that was provided to mental health content creators about the surprising link between indoor air quality and mental health.