We organize periodic workshops for members of the press on important children's issues. In April 2000, a workshop for graduate students at the Columbia University School of Journalism focused on how news media can improve coverage of children of different races. In order to encourage constructive story lines, we brief television writers and producers at their networks and studios on important social issues concerning children. In March 2000, we submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the application of the CTA to digital television. In 1997, Children Now's President testified before a U.S. Senate committee on how the TV ratings system could work for families.
Children Now is one of the nation's leading nonpartisan organizations for children.
Our work on children and the media has been covered by The Oprah Winfrey Show, Prime Time Live, Nightline , The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and many other media outlets.