by Robert L. Jamieson, Jr. | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tuesday, April 10, 2001
The media are providing a distorted view of adolescents and crime, leaving the impression that violence runs amok, youths are doomed and that black kids deserve much of the blame, says a report from Berkeley Media Studies Group.by Lori Dorfman | AlterNet
Monday, November 27, 2000
Cigarette maker Philip Morris recently spent $2 million on domestic violence programs nationally and $108 million on the advertising campaign to tell us about it. Tobacco can't be advertised on TV, but tobacco makers' token support of good causes can. BMSG director Lori Dorfman tells us why the company's contribution to domestic violence has nothing to do with giving to charity and everything to do with telling us what a good corporate citizen it is. This story is reprinted from Prevention File.by staff | San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, November 27, 2000
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is trying to deflect attention from its production of deadly products by pumping millions of dollars into charities such as domestic violence programs. BMSG director Lori Dorfman says that the company's charitable contributions are nothing more than a line item in their advertising budget.by David Shaw | Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, July 11, 2000
Berkeley Media Studies Group was a source for this story on portrayals of children in the news. Coverage often characterizes children in a negative light, reporting on them as they relate to school shootings, drugs and sexual abuse. But a growing number of journalists are trying to change that. They are broadening their coverage to include everyday issues like child care and homework.by Kevin Fagan | San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, April 24, 2000
A study analyzing coverage of youth violence issues in California concludes that newspapers create a misleading and frightening picture of violence and its dangers to kids. The study, from BMSG, offers recommendations on how journalists can broaden their reporting from only asking what happened to investigating potential reasons such as gun accessibility to understand why it did.by Vincent Schiraldi | Los Angeles Times
Monday, November 22, 1999
Failure to put the real facts about kids' behavior into context has generated an unnecessary atmosphere of fear. The Justice Policy Institute's Vincent Schiraldi draws on Berkeley Media Studies Group research to show how out of sync media portrayals of youth violence are with actual violent crimes involving young people.by Katie Woodruff | The New York Times
Saturday, October 23, 1999
In this letter to the editor, BMSG's Katie Woodruff makes recommendations for suicide prevention. Among them: implementing technology to prevent guns from being used by anyone other than their lawful owner.by Lawrence Wallack, Mark Kaplan | The Oregonian
Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Far more people die from gun-related suicides than from gun-related homicides. And youth are more likely to die from self-inflicted gunshot wounds than from school shootings. Yet suicide can be prevented. As former BMSG director Lawrence Wallack and Portland State University associate professor Mark Kaplan show, limiting easy access to firearms is one way to make prevention possible.by Lawrence Wallack | The New York Times
Wednesday, September 01, 1999
Firearms continue to be a leading cause of preventable injury and death. Limiting gun access is key to reducing both homicides and suicides.by Arlene Notoro Morgan | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Monday, October 05, 1998
How can crime be prevented? What community resources are available to someone who is violent? What does crime cost a community? These are some of the questions that journalist and BMSG consultant Jane Stevens suggested could improve the Philadelphia Inquirer's reporting on violence after an audit found its crime stories lacking. The audit helped the Inquirer take a more solution-oriented approach to crime coverage.
