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Article: Helping the News Media Cover Family Planning.
- Article from:
- Population Reports
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 Department of Health. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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To make informed choices about family planning, women and men need accurate information in the media as well as in the clinic. The media are looking for news important to the millions of people they reach each day. Thus helping the news media cover family planning fully and accurately merits the efforts of every family planning program.
Family planning programs often have opportunities to make the news because they affect large numbers of people, reflect changing social attitudes and practices, involve government leaders, and deal with controversial issues. Many journalists, however, know little about family planning, and other topics compete for their time and ...