by Kathleen Puri | The New York Times
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
In this letter to the editor, a registered nurse commends the Times for highlighting nurses’ voices in recent coverage. She notes that’s a rarity, referencing research from Berkeley Media Studies Group and George Washington University School of Nursing’s Center for Health Policy & Media Engagement, which found that nurses are quoted in only 2% of stories about health policy.
by Jeremy Loudenback | The Chronicle of Social Change
Friday, April 12, 2019
The overlap between domestic violence and child maltreatment is profound. However, media coverage of child welfare — the system that is charged with taking care of abused and neglected children — seldom makes this connection, according to a new study from the Berkeley Media Studies Group.
by Julie Madsen | The Daily Californian
Thursday, March 28, 2019
BMSG Head of Research Pamela Mejia attended the event and noted the key role of community-level activism in reducing violence. “But,” she told The Daily Californian, “progress can be wiped out by a (national) level action.”
Website of Ed Markey
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The proposed legislation, which BMSG and the Public Health Institute support, would prohibit targeted marketing directed at children under 13 and require consent before companies could collect data from 13-to-15-year-olds. “Big tech companies know too much about our kids … It’s time to hold them accountable,” said bill co-sponsor Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). See additional coverage from The Drum.
by Lori Dorfman | The New York Times
Friday, February 15, 2019
In this letter to the editor, BMSG’s Lori Dorfman highlights the link between two recent book reviews for “Zucked” and “Breaking News.” “Together,” she writes, they “underline the importance of well-supported and well-executed journalism for illuminating the shenanigans behind the corporate curtains if we are to keep our democracy intact.”
by Sam Sanders and Anjuli Sastry | NPR
Thursday, February 14, 2019
A year’s worth of news coverage of events like the Parkland school shooting hasn’t turned into the attention that many young people are asking for: a spotlight on the everyday gun violence they experience in their neighborhoods. This article, which elevates the perspectives of students from Castlemont High School, features BMSG’s Pamela Mejia speaking about the importance of addressing all types of gun violence in the media — not just high profile mass shootings, which only account for about one percent of gun deaths in the United States.
by Levi Sumagaysay | East Bay Times
Thursday, January 17, 2019
An alliance of more than a dozen groups — including Color of Change, Center for Media Justice and Berkeley Media Studies Group — are making the case for an agency that would have rule-making authority to allow it to better protect data. The data-protection framework would include limiting the collection of personal data and calling for more transparent algorithms.
by Diana J. Mason and Barbara Ann Glickstein | USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
A recently published study of nurses’ representation in health news media found that they were cited as sources in only 2 percent of stories. The research, conducted in partnership with Berkeley Media Studies Group, is a replication of the 1997 Woodhull study on the same topic; there has been no improvement in nurses’ visibility in health news since that time.
by Ethan Schaffer and Margaret Morales | Sightline Institute
Friday, December 21, 2018
This analysis of two states’ ballot measures to ban soda taxes looks at how the campaigns differed and what’s at stake for health. Coverage notes that soda contributes to nutrition-related diseases and, citing a BMSG report on the subject, notes that soda companies market their products more aggressively to communities of color — the very groups at higher risk of health issues.
Common Dreams
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Berkeley Media Studies Group joined 21 other public health and consumer advocacy groups in asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and sanction Google for the deceptive marketing of apps for young children. “[T]he Federal Trade Commission has for too long ignored this problem, placing both children and their parents at risk over their loss of privacy, and exposing them to a powerful and manipulative marketing apparatus,” said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), which co-led the effort along with the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC).