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Breastfeeding moms need support for right to nurse publicly

by Kate Raphael | Women's Magazine, KPFA
Monday, January 09, 2012

After breastfeeding mom Michelle Hickman was denied the right to publicly nurse at a Texas Target store, she organized a national 'nurse-in' at Targets across the country. BMSG's Ingrid Daffner Krasnow participated at a store in Emeryville, Calif. to help support the rights of nursing moms. In this interview with KPFA, she explains the challenges that nursing moms face in spite of laws in 45 states that protect women's right to breastfeed in public. She calls for more support from retail stores, workplaces and other institutions.

Letter to the editor: Life-saving beauty

by Fernando Quintero | San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the country's most awe-inspiring landmarks -- one that enhances the holidays. But, as Fernando Quintero points out, adding a much-needed suicide prevention barrier to save lives -- particularly during a time that, for many, is filled with despair -- would make it all the more meaningful.

Letter to the editor: Fight fast food companies

by Andrew Cheyne | San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, December 12, 2011

In this letter to the editor, BMSG's Andrew Cheyne discusses the importance of creative local policymaking in reducing and reversing childhood obesity.

What we’re reading: More on child rape and describing the unspeakable

by Edward Schumacher-Matos | NPR
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Reporters and editors often avoid stories on child sexual abuse except when a case enters the criminal justice system. They also tend to sanitize their descriptions of such abuse, using terms like “molest” and “inappropriate sexual behavior” and rarely speaking of “rape.” NPR’s ombudsman discusses these and other findings from BMSG’s recent study: Case by case: News coverage of child sexual abuse.

Letter to the editor, re: The language of sexual assault

by Lori Dorfman | The New York Times
Saturday, November 26, 2011

When reporting on sexual assault, journalists should use language that helps readers understand precisely what happened, which often means calling a rape a rape.

Who’s for kids and who’s just kidding?

by David Britt, Lori Dorfman | The Hill
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

A common-sense proposal is on the table to reduce the onslaught of marketing that targets the country's children with nonstop pitches for sugary, fatty and salty foods and beverages. Yet just as the tobacco industry once did, the food industry is lobbying aggressively against it.

The threatening statistics of child sex abuse

by Rob Sachs, Jessica Jordon | The Voice of Russia
Monday, June 27, 2011

A BMSG study on child sexual abuse is mentioned in this discussion of the topic with Teresa Huizar, Executive Director of the National Children's Alliance, and Marielle Sander Lindstrom, Deputy Representative of UNICEF Russia.

Advertisers to blame for childhood obesity in U.S. according to American Academy of Pediatrics

by Jeff Smith | Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy
Monday, June 27, 2011

According to a new statement by the AAP, the amount of time kids spend watching media and targeted junk food ads has contributed significantly to childhood obesity in the U.S. BMSG’s toolkit Fighting Junk Food Marketing to Kids is highlighted within this article as a resource for concerned parents, teachers and community members.

Selling chips inside an insane asylum

by Mario Furloni | GOOD
Thursday, June 16, 2011

In this video, BMSG's Lori Dorfman discusses the implications of some of the food and beverage industry's latest digital marketing tactics used to target youth.
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