by Lori Dorfman | Columbia Journalism Review
Monday, July 01, 1996
In response to an article regarding a KVUE experiment with crime coverage in Austin, BMSG's Lori Dorfman challenges KVUE to go even further. She submits that reporters should link their questions to an understanding of public health data on violence.by Lori Dorfman | San Francisco Examiner
Friday, January 26, 1996
BMSG director Lori Dorfman takes on an Examiner editorial that urged the University of California Board of Regents to rescind its decision to abolish the use of preferential admissions. The editorial, she writes, rests on assumptions that the regents' action was politically motivated and violated academic freedom.by Lori Dorfman | New York Times
Saturday, September 09, 1995
Californians may have unwittingly replaced the state's university system with the prison system when they voted to approve the "three-strikes" law, which extends prison sentences for habitual offenders. BMSG director Lori Dorfman explains why in this letter to the editor.by Lori Dorfman | San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, August 04, 1995
In this letter to the editor, BMSG co-director Lori Dorfman calls for the state to stop investing in prisons and instead pour the money into communities to help prevent crime before it starts.by Lori Dorfman | San Francisco Examiner
Monday, March 20, 1995
In this letter to the editor, BMSG's Lori Dorfman highlights that we all have much to gain from fewer guns in our homes.by Lawrence Wallack | San Francisco Examiner
Monday, March 13, 1995
The tobacco industry has accused UCSF professor Dr. Stanton Glantz of using inaccurate data and has called him offensive. That the industry has paid so much attention to Dr. Glantz speaks to his effectiveness in promoting policies that make Californians healthier by reducing exposures to second-hand smoke, writes Lawrence Wallack in this letter to the editor.by Lawrence Wallack | The Oakland Tribune
Wednesday, October 05, 1994
BMSG's Lawrence Wallack discusses the shooting of an Oakland teen as an illustration of the role alcohol too often plays in deadly violence.by Lori Dorfman | San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, September 29, 1994
Crime and violence are devastating California emotionally and financially, writes BMSG's Lori Dorfman, who recommends investing more money on safe parks, libraries and other resources that will help prevent crime in the first place.by Judith Michaelson | Los Angeles Times
Saturday, March 19, 1994
Dr. Jay Gordon, a pediatrician consultant to ABC's "Home" show, was dismayed to learn that producers cut his comments opposing the advertising of cancer- and disease-causing drugs to children from the show's West Coast broadcast. The comments came during a panel discussion with Berkeley Media Studies Group co-founder Lawrence Wallack.by Lawrence Wallack | The Oakland Tribune
Tuesday, February 22, 1994
In this letter to the editor, BMSG's Lawrence Wallack discusses the importance of expanding crime reporting to include the context of violence statistics so that news reports do not contribute to an atmosphere of fear or unfairly scapegoat youth for violent acts.
