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17 Aug

Staff, Time, Space Constraints Limit Coverage of Children’s Health Issues

Staff, Time, Space Constraints Limit Coverage of Children’s Health Issues By Bonnie BressersNewspaper Research Journal • Vol. 26, Nos. 2&3 • Spring/Summer 2005 EXCERPT: As gatekeepers of the messages the […]

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17 Aug

Out of the Mouths of Babes and Experts

“Out of the Mouths of Babes and Experts”: Children’s news and what it can teach us about news access and professional mediation JULIAN MATTHEWS Bath Spa University College, UK Journalism […]

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17 Aug

EarlyStories

According to the introduction to this weblog by Richard Lee Colvin, the director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Columbia University, EarlyStories “contains commentary on coverage […]

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17 Aug

National Education Writers Association

This is a site for U.S. journalists, but contains many helpful resources.

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17 Aug

Children’s views on the news

A South African study posted on this site asks children to analyze news content and offers tips to journalists and editors.

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17 Aug

Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families

This University of Maryland journalism school website features a list of American resources in the following areas: Child Neglect/Abuse; Crime/Violence; Education; Families; Health/Development; Public Supports. Each category includes a series […]

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17 Aug

How to Report on Children in Crises

The director of MediaWise Trust developed this tip sheet for Reuters reporters working in countries where children’s lives are at risk from such things as war, famine and extreme poverty.

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17 Aug

Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Billed as “a global resource for journalists who cover violence,” this site features three sections relevant to journalists covering children. Reminding journalists that children are not “mini-adults” and “deserve special […]

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17 Aug

The Media and Children’s Rights

This is a UNICEF sponsored booklet discussing the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on journalists working with children. It covers, among other things, children with […]

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17 Aug

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Journalists dealing with children and family issues should be familiar with this set of standards and obligations regarding childhood. It spells out the basic set of human rights agreed upon […]

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