A packed house at #ASCJ for “Temperature Check” with the Center for Climate Journalism and Communication. Featuring a conversation w/ Dean Willow Bay and climate activist and actor Jane Seymour Fonda, and a panel with Los Angeles Times' Sammy Roth and Faith E. Pinho. today.usc.edu/jane-fonda-bri…

Dana Weinstein, project specialist for our Media Impact Project and one of our lead researchers on plastics pollution depictions on TV, discusses our relationship to plastics in this conversation on NPR.

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Dana Weinstein, project specialist and one of our lead researchers on plastics pollution depictions on TV, discusses our relationship to plastics in this conversation on NPR.

ctpublic.org/show/the-colin…

We are working on a multi-year study funded by CHCF to demystify impactful narrative change efforts and help funders understand the commitments needed to move the needle on a variety of pro-social topics like maternal health.

Read about it here: buff.ly/3x7oyR2

We are working on a multi-year study funded by CHCF to demystify impactful narrative change efforts and help funders understand the commitments needed to move the needle on a variety of pro-social topics like maternal health. Read about it here: chcf.org/blog/research-…

According to a @newamerica survey, the majority of engaged streaming viewers in the U.S. want to see their lives — working, managing family life and providing care — represented on screen more often and with more nuance and aspiration. buff.ly/4916EfY

“A graphic is worth a thousand words, but only if it clearly communicates one key message,” shares USC researcher Wändi Bruine de Bruin on the study with the United Nations Foundation. #ClimateChange #Sustainability today.usc.edu/usc-study-clim…

In honor of Women's History Month, tap into our factsheet on Women & Girls!

While factsheets could never capture every experience, nuance, or truth, they can assist in changing the way we tell stories. Consider them the start of the convo.

writeinclusion.org/factsheets

SXSW Soraya Giaccardi Norman Lear Center Media Impact Project IllumiNative Roger ™ nielsenmedia Reservation Dogs Exposure to Reservation Dogs and #RutherfordFalls increased viewers' knowledge about Native communities and increased action taking IllumiNative Norman Lear Center

See you there! 👋🏽

We're heading to SXSW! Soraya Giaccardi joins IllumiNative's Jessica Mcever, Nielsen's Charlene Polite Corley & The Sundance Institute's Adam Piron for “Thanks, We Made it Ourselves!' a panel examining how Native storytellers are changing the game in Hollywood.

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64% of Americans believe that #abortion should be legal. So how can we ensure that the views and will of the US supermajority are democratically ensured? @alyssa_milano discusses the #FutureOfAbortion Art Not War

How can we protect #ReproductiveRights and #Abortion in the United States? @alyssa_milano discusses the #FutureOfAbortion Art Not War #WomensHealthProtectionAct

A great read by Sammy Roth about a new Bechdel test for climate change:

“If studios could start normalizing climate and clean energy as a thing that people talk about and care about… they could go a long way toward saving the planet.”

latimes.com/environment/ne…

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! Looking to tell authentic and nuanced stories about the developmental disabilities community? Tap into our factsheet on Disabled People!

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Women are the backbone and heart of caregiving.

This #WomensHistory Month and beyond, we honor and fight for all women caregivers, working towards a society where care is valued and recognized.

The Climate Reality Check was developed by Good Energy, led by Anna Jane Joyner. It asks 2 questions: Does climate change exist in this movie or TV show? And does at least one character know it?

Three Oscar nominees passed this year. More in my story: latimes.com/environment/ne…

This is so awesome, and long overdue for movies. 'To pass this test, Good Energy says a story must demonstrate two things: “climate change exists” and “a character knows it.' indiewire.com/news/business/…

Great piece by Melissa Jun Rowley in Rolling Stone about Hollywood's increasing interest in combatting #climatechange & our research tracking representations of it in scripted TV shows #storiesmatter

Why are there so few climate change stories on TV and film? How can we get Hollywood studios to get more characters talking clean energy and climate?

There's now a Bechdel test for that.

My latest Los Angeles Times column, just published: latimes.com/environment/ne…