by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2015
At a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee meeting, BMSG’s Fernando Quintero testified on the tactics food and beverage companies use to target communities of color with unhealthy products. The committee heard — and later recommended for adoption — three new sugary drinks bills at the June 1, 2015 meeting.
Tags: junk food, public health policy, sugar-sweetened beverages, sugary drinks, target marketing
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Friday, May 08, 2015
New California legislation would help combat diabetes in the communities that are the most affected by the disease — and the most targeted by sugary drink companies.
Tags: diabetes prevention, public health, sugary drinks, target marketing
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Thursday, April 30, 2015
The “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” myth is pervasive in our culture and in the media. Here’s how advocates can reframe the conversation to better support health.
Tags: default frame, framing, personal responsibility, public health
by: Katie Woodruff
posted on Monday, April 27, 2015
New BMSG research found that coverage so focused on the political controversy surrounding emergency contraception that it left real women’s voices out of the conversation.
Tags: emergency contraception, media advocacy, media analysis
by: Laura Nixon and Pamela Mejia
posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Twitter is changing how people communicate all over the world — what are the implications for talking about childhood trauma?
Tags: ACEs, adverse childhood experiences, childhood adversity, childhood trauma, social media, Twitter
by: Berkeley Media Studies Group
posted on Monday, March 30, 2015
How advocates can make dense data meaningful for reporters, policymakers and the public.
Tags: media advocacy, public health data, social math
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Thursday, January 08, 2015
Media coverage of sexual violence affects our ideas about the problem and what to do about it. Is coverage of Cosby improving or impeding our understanding of this critical public health issue?
Tags: Bill Cosby, media, news coverage, sexual assault, sexual violence
by: Heather Gehlert
posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Public health issues have been a dominant part of the news this year, and advocates played a major role in shaping their coverage. Out of these efforts emerged many memorable media bites. Here are 10 of BMSG’s favorites.
Tags: media advocacy, public health
by: Eric Antebi
posted on Friday, December 19, 2014
2014 saw several high-profile stories about violence dominating news cycles. BMSG’s Lori Dorfman discusses how the media have handled those stories, the role of race in news coverage of violence, and what’s missing from the picture.
Tags: media analysis, race, violence, youth
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Monday, December 15, 2014
Berkeley’s landslide victory in passing a tax on sugary drinks, along with other cities’ recent efforts to do the same, reveals some do’s and don’ts in developing strategic media advocacy campaigns.
Tags: Berkeley, Big Soda, El Monte, media advocacy, public health, Richmond, San Francisco, soda tax, Telluride
