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
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Thursday, October 16, 2014
In Mexico, health advocates frame junk food marketing to kids as a human rights violation. Should U.S. advocates do the same?
by: Heather Gehlert
posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2014
The words we use to describe public health issues can open people up to new ideas or reinforce old ways of thinking, undermining advocates’ efforts to make the case for policies that support health. Here are three common phrases that may be doing the latter.
Tags: framing, language, media advocacy, public health
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2014
To block advocates’ efforts to tax soda, the industry is wielding a well-oiled PR machine with carefully crafted messages. Knowing what its spokespeople are saying is key to fighting back.
Tags: communication, media advocacy, messaging, public health, soda industry, soda tax, sugary drinks
by: Heather Gehlert
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014
Two seasoned public health advocates reflect on diabetes, soda consumption, and the strategic use of mass media to curb them both.
Tags: media advocacy, public health, SB 1000, soda warning labels, sugary drinks
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Friday, July 11, 2014
Change takes time, especially when it comes to changing social norms and public health policy. But even the biggest industry Goliaths eventually crumble. Big Soda will be no different.
Tags: Berkeley, media advocacy, public health, public health policy, San Francisco, soda tax
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Monday, July 07, 2014
A new campaign attempts to make summer camps healthier places for kids. Here’s how we all gain.
Tags: public health, soda, ssb, sugary drinks, summer camps
by: Pamela Mejia
posted on Friday, April 18, 2014
A new study from BMSG explores the tobacco industry’s use of personal choice messaging to shift blame for its products’ health harms onto consumers. Now Big Food is taking a page from tobacco’s well-worn playbook. How similar are the two industries and what does this mean for advocates?
Tags: Big Food, Big Tobacco, framing, industry appeals to choice, personal responsibility, public health, tobacco
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Friday, March 28, 2014
By not reporting more comprehensively on suicides, the news media are reinforcing the contempt many people have for those who take their own life and making it harder to demonstrate the need for prevention.
Tags: Golden Gate Bridge, public health, stigma, suicide barrier, suicide nets, suicide prevention
