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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED338399 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The Media and Children's Issues. Final Report on the
Children's Express Symposium III (New York, New York, June
11-12, 1990).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 33 p.
ABSTRACT: This document is a report of the Children's
Express Symposium III, a forum for journalists on
children's issues. Included in the report are the comments
of news media executives, journalists, broadcasters,
experts on children's issues, directors of children's
programs, and young people affected by the policies and
practices discussed. Opening remarks by Omri Elisha,
Beverly Kees, and Jonathan Kozol are followed by a section
focusing on newspapers. After a discussion of the Kentucky
Post's Year of the Child, two newspaper editors address the
process of voicing children's concerns in the newspaper.
The second section, Children in Crisis, covers the
following topics: teen pregnancy; street kids and AIDS;
fetal alcohol and drug syndrome; educational inequities;
gay teens; institutional child abuse; and child mortality
in the United States. The third section offers a dialogue
about solutions. Discussed are the qualities of a good
program; the process of rethinking program goals; new
approaches to education; parent and community involvement
in educational programs; program funding; and the role of
business. Concluding the document are lists of
participants, information on the Children's Express news
service, and other related materials. (SH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Acquired-Immune-Deficiency-Syndrome;
Alcohol-Abuse; Child-Abuse; Community-Role; Drug-Abuse;
Early-Parenthood; Educational-Needs; Elementary-Secondary
Education; Equal-Education; Family-Role; Homosexuality-;
Newspapers-; News-Reporting; School-Business-Relationship;
Social-Influences
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Child-Advocacy; *Childhood-Needs;
*Childrens-Rights; *Educational-Improvement; *Mass-Media
Role; *Youth-Problems
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