Berkeley Media Studies Group BMSG works with community groups, journalists and public health professionals to use the power of the media to advance healthy public policy. Their resources include: Reporting on Violence: A Handbook for Journalists, Reporting on Violence: New Ideas for Television, Print, and the Web, and Reporting on Violence Instructor's Guide.
- Moving From Them to Us: Challenges in Reframing Violence Among Youth Written by Berkeley Media Studies Group and commissioned by Prevention Institute and UNITY, this brief explores how youth and violence have been portrayed in the news, how the issue of race complicates depictions about youth and violence, and how public attitudes about government can inhibit public support for violence prevention.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Violence prevention fact sheets can be found at http://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/index.php/resources/.
FrameWorks Institute FrameWorks designs, commissions, manages and publishes communications research to prepare nonprofit organizations to expand their constituency base, to build public will, and to further public understanding of specific social issues. FrameWorks Institute has examined such issues as child abuse prevention and race.
If we treated violence as a disease, would that help us find a cure? This article appeared on Monday, April 28, 2008 in Cleveland's Plain Dealer
Making the Case UNITY tools to make the case for preventing violence and for particular approaches including a public health approach and social norms change.
MEE Productions Inc. MEE is nationally recognized for its communication strategies to reach and influence urban populations. As a leader in its field, MEE is constructively using the insights gained through years of focus group research, award-winning media production experience and industry proven marketing & advertising expertise.
Preventviolence.org A resource for youth violence prevention advocates, policymakers, and the media. As of May 2006, the reorganized website provides policy updates and links to resources as well as archived materials. The archives consist of statistics and fact sheets, polling data and reports, and multimedia materials that were created for "Keeping Youth Safe" (a California statewide videoconference in 2004) and "Choices for Youth" (a public education campaign which ran from 2001-2003). These two award-winning public education campaigns provided advocates, elected officials and youth with strategies and promising programs to reduce violence against youth in California.
Where's the Prevention Frame? Seizing Opportunities to Advance Violence Against Women Prevention An archive of this internet based training and related materials are available at Prevention Connection (www.preventconnect.org)
Vera Institute of Justice Cost-benefit analysis information on costs associated with LA's gang problem. Available at: http://www.advanceproj.org/