The MELC project has appeared in the following media:
- October 2024: Metaphor Menu for People with Cancer mentioned on ‘The Idea’ programme on BBC Radio Wales: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00243f1
- November 2023: blog post from Lab Health Physio (Canada): https://www.labhealthphysio.ca/post/exercise-and-the-c-word
- November 2022: Episode of CBC Tapestry on ‘We need to talk about how we talk about death’: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-59-tapestry/clip/15946795-we-need-talk-talk-death
- November 2021: New York Times piece on pain and language: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/well/mind/chronic-pain-language-effects.html
- July 2021: Sickboy podcast, Canada: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/434/episode/15857505
- June 2021: Episode of Gravity podcast on cancer and metaphor: https://gravity-27ccc098.simplecast.com/episodes/on-cancer-and-metaphor-with-shekinah-elmore-elena-semino-GeHG_Qph
- February 2021: Podcast of the International Coaching Association, Germany: http://www.coachfederation.de/podcast https://anchor.fm/coachfederation/episodes/Elena-Semino-Metaphor-Menus-epug0t
- August 2020: Blog of ‘Solutions Academy’: https://solutionsacademy.com/metaphor-menus/
- June 2020: ‘Metacare’ event: https://youtu.be/-U23fnnowz8
- May 2020: ‘Subtitle’ podcast: https://subtitlepod.com/a-metaphor-for-our-times/
- May 2020: El Correo: https://www.elcorreo.com/vivir/tendencias/guerra-20200501115220-ntrc.html?ref=https:%2F%2Ft.co%2FGxa1U3EwjX%3Famp%3D1
- April 2020: Association for Behaviour Analysis International: https://science.abainternational.org/relationally-framing-a-pandemic/louise-mchughucd-ie/
- March 2020: BBC radio programme on ‘Fighting talk’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001g8w
- February 2020 (World Cancer Day): Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-language-of-cancer-fighting-beating-going-on-a-journey-here-are-some-alternative-descriptions-those-with-cancer-prefer-to-use_uk_5e273388c5b674e44b9ef333?guccounter=1
- November 2019: Medical Xpress: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-11-metaphor-menu-cancer-patients.html
- April 2019: Patient empowerment network: https://powerfulpatients.org/2019/04/24/words-matter-why-cancer-isnt-a-game-of-winners-or-losers/
- March 2019: Catalunya Radio: https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/catalunya-migdia-cap-de-setmana/lluitar-contra-el-cancer-un-llenguatge-bellic-amb-un-impacte-negatiu/audio/1034125/ and https://www.ccma.cat/324/lluitar-contra-el-cancer-un-llenguatge-bellic-amb-un-impacte-negatiu/noticia/2911899/
- February 2019: Spanish news website: http://www.saludadiario.es/investigacion/la-lingueista-elena-semino-advierte-sobre-el-impacto-negativo-de-las-metaforas-belicas-en-el-cancer
- February 2019: Spanish science news: https://www.agenciasinc.es/Reportajes/Escribir-bien-sobre-cancer-o-como-luchar-contra-la-larga-enfermedad-sin-metaforas
- October 2018: Clarin, Argentina: https://www.clarin.com/buena-vida/cancer-frases-tenes-evitar_0_jqoByqeID.html
- August 2018: NBC news on John McCain’s death: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/john-mccain-did-not-lose-his-battle-glioblastoma-because-cancer-ncna904486
- April 2018: El Pais: https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/04/11/eps/1523440058_896528.html
- February 2018: Sole 24 ore blog 2018: http://cristinacenci.nova100.ilsole24ore.com/2018/02/28/dottore-ma-e-vero-che-lempatia-narrativa-nella-comunicazione-scientifica/
- August 2017: Science of Us, New York Magazine: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/article/heres-what-not-to-say-to-someone-with-cancer.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s3&utm_campaign=sharebutton-b
- July 2017: Elena Semino was quoted in the Washington Examiner about cancer metaphors.
- February 2017: MELC was mentioned in an article in El Pais
- November 2016: Our research is reported on the Canadian website healthydebate
- October 2016: The implications of our findings are discussed in Vice magazine
- October 2016: New Scientist reported on our work alongside a review of the London musical called A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer
- September 2016: The MELC project was highlighted in the Narrative Medicine website (medicinanarrativa.eu): story in Italian and English
- May 2016: Our work on metaphors and cancer is reported in a Swedish newspaper. This is linked to the Swedish project that is the twin of our ESRC-funded project in Lancaster.
- April 2016: Our BMJ paper was mentioned in an article in the Huffington Post.
- March 2015: Elena Semino wrote a piece about the MELC project research in the Conversation.
- January 2015: Mosaic Science published by the Wellcome Trust covered our research in articles about the language of bad news and breaking bad news.
- December 2014: Our research was mentioned in a Time magazine article on How Calling Cancer a ‘Fight’ or ‘Battle’ Can Harm Patients
- November 2014: Veronika Koller was interviewed by ecancer at NCRI 2014
- November 2014: Elena Semino appeared on Newstalk Radio, Ireland
- November 2014: The MELC news story triggered an item on BBC Breakfast TV.
- November 2014: The LU News story Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful was widely reported in UK newspapers (Independent and Times), European newspapers/news sites Dutch Telegraaf, Romanian news and Belgian news site), Health/cancer websites (Health Canal and Teenagers and young adults with cancer), Oncology Nurse Advisor, Medical News Today
- August 2014: Veronika Koller appeared on New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) in the “Word of Mouth” programme.
- June 2014: Elena Semino’s BBC World Service interview was reported in The Vancouver Sun article “Owning our Health: The search for a new narrative on health”.
- May 2014: Elena Semino appeared on the BBC World Service’s Health Check programme talking about the ‘battle’ against cancer.
- April 2014: The New York Times blog by Paula Span on April 22nd highlights the MELC project: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/fighting-words-are-rare-among-british-doctors/
