[header] How to help prevent cluster suicides [title] Talk to those intimately affected first. [step] Prior to any media coverage, make sure family and close friends are notified in person first. It can be traumatizing to find out a loved one has died via media. 
Instead, contact those most intimately involved first and deliver the news in person. [substeps] Have someone trained in crisis care or therapy deliver the news to affected family and friends.