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News about the child welfare system: How journalists can tell a more complete story

How does the news portray the child welfare system? What failings are most visible in coverage? Is racial equity part of the conversation? To answer these and other key questions, BMSG is partnering with Resolve Philly as part of a larger project designed to support journalists in telling more complete stories about this important system.

Northern California news coverage of the opioid epidemic

In 2014, more people died of opioid overdose than any other year on record, and the epidemic is only getting worse. In rural communities in Northern California, the abuse of prescription drugs is particularly severe. Key to addressing and preventing the spread of this epidemic is understanding the news coverage of the issue. The California Department of Public Health commissioned BMSG to monitor and analyze print and online news from Northern California about the growing use of opioids.

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Nurses’ representation in health news media

In 1997, “The Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media: Health Care’s Invisible Partner” documented the underrepresentation of nurses’ voices in media coverage of health issues. Twenty years later, are nurses better represented in health news?

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Paid family leave

In May 2001, the Labor Project for Working Families sought help for what was anticipated to be a long and arduous campaign to establish paid family leave in California. BMSG helped the organization develop a trained cadre of advocates around the state who would be able to speak effectively to journalists and at public hearings.

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Public Health Awakened: Organizing for health, equity, and justice

BMSG is proud to be a part of Public Health Awakened, a group of public health professionals organizing for health, equity, and justice. Public Health Awakened works with social justice movements on strategic and collective action to create a world in which everyone can thrive and to resist the threats facing communities of color and low-income communities.

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Raising voices for children’s health

In 1997, as part of a major initiative on children’s health, The California Endowment contracted with BMSG to compile a series of publications on how various children’s health issues are covered in the news media, and to use the findings in media advocacy trainings for children’s health advocates in California.

Rapid Response Media Network

BMSG worked closely with the Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments to use media advocacy to accelerate the coalition’s efforts to shift debate on nutrition and physical activity away from a primary focus on individual choice to one that includes corporate and government practices and the role of the environment in shaping eating and activity behaviors.

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