admin PASTORING: Senior Productions Raise Self-Esteem
Older viewers face a confusing TV world. Despite recent improvements, over-50 characters are all too often stereotyped or ignored. Crime…
Starting Point: It’s not the same old story.
Once almost invisible, older characters are now prominent in many movies, TV shows and commercials. But as entertainment, marketing and…
CHILDREN: Media Help Fill Grandparent Gap
Today’s children are more likely to have living grandparents and perhaps great-grandparents than youngsters a century ago. But distance, estrangement,…
How does Hollywood Handle Ageism?
Editor’s Note: Is there ageism in Hollywood? According to a recent report by the Writers Guild of America on employment…
Power Politics: Reporting the Real Issues
Distress over the state of political reporting has now become a regular feature of every presidential campaign season. Candidates blame…
PASTORING: Faith Can Counter Campaign Cynicism
At the end of the movie The Candidate the victorious contender, played by Robert Redford, emerges from a room in…
YOUTH: Training Creates Media Wise Voters
After eight years in office, Ronald Reagan is the only president preteens can remember. And even older teenagers have shaped…
CHILDREN: TV Tool Teaches Election Basics
Media coverage of the 1988 election will present many new experiences and images for young children. The first reaction of…
One Journalist’s View: Informed Voters Must Reach Beyond Images
A major complaint often heard about the coverage of any campaign is, “Why don’t they cover the issues? As a…
PASTORING: Healthy Sexual Ethic Starts With Adults
Our local newspaper ran an ad recently which contended that a much higher percentage of American teenage women get pregnant…