Presenter(s): Jaycie Schenone
Faculty Mentor(s): Ed Madison & Jesse Abdenour
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The combination of poor mental health and college athletics has caused many young adults to take their own life. A year ago, Tyler Hilinski borrowed his friend’s rifle and fatally shot himself in the head. Five years ago, across the country, Madison Holleran jumped from the top of a parking structure in Pennsylvania to her death.
Their stories have been told countless times with the hope and intention of inspiring people to ask for help. But the ending never changes. You want it to change so badly and it doesn’t. That’s why I’m going to tell someone else’s story.
The 10-12 minute documentary, “Step Out of Bounds,” is a take on how one female lacrosse player at the University of Oregon medically retired to quite frankly save herself.
At the UO Research Symposium, I want to share my research, process, and development for this documentary because journalist/filmmakers have a duty to tell similar stories but there are several challenges in doing so. We should be discussing them.