Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Media

The Good-News Challenge: How the Journalism Center for Children & Families Covers an Important Beat

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:43:11 -0600

Behind the news with the the only journalism nonprofit that focuses exclusively on children, youth and families at risk. What do its leaders think about the state of mainstream media, the power of "good news" and what comes next?

Can Social Media Really Spark Social Change?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:06:05 -0500

The advocacy organization Every Child Matters persuaded hundreds of members to congratulate President Obama on his first 100 days and on the “kid-friendly parts” of his budget. How did it mobilize so many? Through e-mail, Facebook and Twitter, among other things. But can children’s champions use social media to make a real-world impact? Commentator Ray Schultz talked with Every Child Matters.

Youth Service America Service Project Planning Webinars

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:11:41 -0600

Anyone planning a Semester of Service or Global Youth Service Day project is invited to register for these calls, all at 2:00 pm EST. February 17, 2009 will cover partnerships and volunteer recruitment, March 3 will discuss fundraising and grantwriting and the March 17 webinar will address media and web communications.

Does Watching Sex on Television Predicts Teen Pregnancy

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:34:17 -0600

The answer apparently is yes, according to this report published in Pediatrics. Data from a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth indicate that teens exposed to high levels of television sexual content were twice as likely to become pregnant within the next 3 years, compared with those with lower levels of exposure.

Looking for Balance in Foster Care Views

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:45:54 -0500

When you learn that a teen is in foster care, what is your reaction? Empathy? Curiosity? Apprehension? News stories and popular media portrayals of young people involved with the child welfare system, paired with selective statistics about how this population is faring, can feed apprehension at the expense of a more positive view of the strength that can come from overcoming adversity. La Terra Cole, an intern with Connect For Kids, reflects on some recent "mainstream media" portrayals of foster care.

Turn Beauty Inside Out Girls Leadership Retreat 2006

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:17:38 -0600

Start: Jun 21 2006 - 8:00am

End: Jun 24 2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The Turn Beauty Inside Out Girls Leadership Retreat 2006 will focus on the music industry.

Turn Beauty Inside Out Day

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:24:37 -0600

Start: May 17 2006 - 12:00am

End: May 17 2006 - 11:59pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The Turn Beauty Inside Out (TBIO) Campaign is an ongoing public education effort started by New Moon� Magazine and now coordinated by Mind on the Media.

Better Health through...Video Games?

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:30:32 -0600

Here�s some good news about technology�s impact on kids. While traditional video games are among the culprits behind an increasingly inactive lifestyle for children, a new type of video game is actually helping kids become more physically active.

The Porn Standard: Keeping Kids Safe Online

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:06:33 -0600

Third Way , a progressive strategy center, has issued a report detailing the extent to which the Internet pornography industry influences children's lives, and the steps parents, policymakers, the porn industry, and others can take to prevent harm to children. Among the facts the group cites: the largest group of consumers of Internet pornography are youth 12-17 years of age.

Sex on TV: More Sex, Less Safety since 1998

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:24:01 -0600

About 70 percent of all network television shows contain some sexual content, showing an average of five sexual scenes per hour, and the number of scenes containing such content has increased 96 percent since 1998. The rate of references to safer sex issues is down slightly from 2002, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report.

Chinese Kids & American-Style Journalism

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:05:53 -0500

While leading a series of journalism workshops in Beijing, for kids aged 7 to 18, Cliff Hahn was reminded of some global truths about kids.

Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:29:26 -0600

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (formerly Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children) is a national coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups and concerned parents who counter the harmful effects of marketing to children through action, advocacy, education, research, and collaboration among organizations and individuals who care about children. CCFC supports the rights of children to grow up—and the rights of parents to raise them—without being undermined by rampant consumerism.

Children's PressLine

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:19:35 -0600

Children�s PressLine provides a professionally supervised youth journalism program that empowers young people by amplifying their under-heard voices into the public discourse for a more informed and authentic relationship between kids and adults.

Children Now

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:50:20 -0500

Children Now is a research and action organization dedicated to assuring that children grow up in economically secure families, where parents can go to work confident that their children are supported by quality health coverage, a positive media environment, a good early education, and safe, enriching activities to do after school. Recognized for its expertise in media as a tool for change, Children Now designs its strategies to improve children's lives while at the same time helping America build a sustained commitment to putting children first. Children Now is an independent, nonpartisan organization.

Don't Touch That Dial...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:49:03 -0500

How can you give illiterate or limited-English parents the information they need on children's health and development? Julieta Santana reports on how local radio fills a critical informational need in immigrant communities. This article originally appeared in the May-June 2004 issue of the Children's Advocate, published by Action Alliance for Children.