publications

BMSG's issue series

Reporting on violence: Bringing a public health perspective into the newsroom

Wednesday, August 01, 2001

This case study documents how journalists can be meaningfully engaged on this topic with people from public health despite typical barriers to access faced by public health practitioners and solid resistance from many editors and reporters. The authors describe goals, objectives, and activities across five daily newspapers along with journalists’ reactions, concerns, and resistance to the issues raised.

Off balance: Youth, race & crime in the news [pdf]

Sunday, April 01, 2001

This report assesses findings from content analyses on crime news, investigating whether news coverage reflects actual crime trends; how news coverage depicts minorities and crime; and whether news coverage disproportionately depicts minority youth as perpetrators.

Issue 9: Youth and violence in California newspapers

Saturday, April 01, 2000

In the week following the Columbine shootings, news reporting was so ubiquitous that it frightened students, teachers, and parents coast-to-coast — even though schools are one of the safest places for children to be. This Issue measures how reporting about more proximate and probable threats to California young people compares with coverage of dangers rare and remote.

Issue 8: The debate on gun policies in U.S. and midwest newspapers

Saturday, January 01, 2000

Gun violence and its prevention were thrust onto the public’s agenda on April 20, 1999, with the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. But the shootings did not happen in a vacuum. In this Issue, we explore the context of gun policy debate in newspapers during the spring of 1999.

Myths about defensive gun use and permissive gun carry laws [pdf]

Saturday, January 01, 2000

Some researchers have argued that communities are safer when more residents carry guns. But are they? Daniel Webster and Jens Ludwig examine the evidence put forth in various studies by John Lott and Gary Kleck to assess the question. Until proven otherwise, they write, the best science indicates that more guns will lead to more deaths.

The gun control movement has found its voice: But still needs to find its way [pdf]

Saturday, January 01, 2000

The majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws, and they are silent no more. They are telling newscasters, pollsters, and politicians that they want something done to end the ease with which people can get guns. This report traces the trajectory of public opinion on guns and makes recommendations for violence prevention advocates who want to amplify the public’s voice on this issue.

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