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Columbine: Framing youth violence [pdf]

by John McManus, Lori Dorfman | Adviser Update
Monday, December 01, 2003

A child has a greater chance of being killed by lightning than in school. But you’d never know it from the flood of news coverage the followed the Columbine school shooting. An analysis of those articles as well as coverage of youth violence in general reveals what is missing from and what is overly hyped in stories on youth and crime. BMSG’s director and former BMSG researcher John McManus explain their study and its implications in this article.

What the Laci Peterson story isn’t telling

by Lori Dorfman, John McManus | San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, May 04, 2003

The Laci Peterson killing drew reporters from around the globe, but what about other violence against women? Most doesn't meet today's standards of newsworthiness for crime because it's not dramatic together. In this article, BMSG director Lori Dorfman and Stanford University's John McManus offer research showing that the process for selecting what is or isn't newsworthy is systemically flawed, especially when it comes to covering violence against women.

Smother Earth [pdf]

by Lori Dorfman | San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, February 22, 2003

BMSG's Lori Dorfman calls for investments in workable alternative energy sources to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and lesson our dependence on oil.

Crimes using firearms are preventable

by Lori Dorfman | Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, September 04, 2002

Violence has many causes and many solutions. Handgun availability is one of them, and reducing this variable helped contribute to the dramatic decline in violence during the 1990s.

Preschool funding

by Sonja Herbert | Los Angeles Times
Thursday, July 25, 2002

Preschool is a key part of the U.S. educational system, yet parents are expected to shoulder the full financial burden. Legislators should be jumping to fix this.

Tobacco’s toll

by Joel Ervice | San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, April 17, 2002

BMSG's Joel Ervice challenges a tobacco company spokesman's claim that our nation's $157.7 billion annual cost in smoking-related medical bills and productivity losses is meaningless. Ervice puts the figure in perspective, showing that it is three times the U.S. government's yearly spending on education.

Restrict marketing

by Iris Diaz | San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, April 17, 2002

The tobacco industry reaps profits while passing off the social costs of its deadly products to taxpayers, says BMSG's Iris Diaz in this letter to the editor.

Turn spotlight on child care (Purchase required)

by John McManus, Lori Dorfman | Oakland Tribune
Tuesday, April 02, 2002

Child care ought to be newsworthy, yet as former BMSG researcher John McManus and current director Lori Dorfman show in this article, it is barely visible in American newspapers. In fact, McManus and Dorfman's research reveals that California newspapers average just two stories per year about child care in their business sections, even though the industry generates as much money per year in California as vegetable crops or livestock.
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