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Monday December 23 2002 The Sacramento Bee E5 Project tries to temper TV temptations that focuses on adolescent sex ual health and supports both -abstinence and birth-control education The Kaiser founda- tion an independent philan- thropic group that studies health care began contributing pri- mary funding about five years ago (The foundation is not affiliated with the Kaiser medical organization) 1 The same Kaiser foundation study that found teenagers rely heavily on Hollywood for sexual enlightenment had another key finding: Seventy percent of parents with children under 18 said had a conversatioh with their child about a sexual issue because of a TV show Smalley mother of a 13-year-old and 9-year-old said her priority is to help television encourage family communication far as concerned the best job we can do is in helping writers create programming that is going to inspire parents to ta)k to their children the best-case virus A follow-up survey showed that among viewers knowledge of the virus had tripled from 9 percent to 28 percent The Media Project is invariably helpful but not intrusive he said writer decides how to tell a story never found they (the Media Project) have an agenda and said do a story about this or Baer said not pushing an agenda per se unless you call an agenda of accuracy an agenda which I Smalley said faced the opposite criticism that Media Project is fostering the depiction of sex she said fact is going to be sex If there is going to be sex on television would I like them (characters) to use a condom? Yes Would I like them to show responsible sex rather than irresponsible sex? Yes of As an encouragement the group hands out annual Shine Awards honoring thoughtful portrayals of sexual and reproductive health issues This winners included episodes of and the and Media Project was started by Advocates for Youth a nonprofit Sacramento Bee file 2002 Whatever the outcome of the arbitration Jerry Reynolds left and Grant Napear are likely to continue providing color commentary and play-by-play coverage respectively Du Lac: Judge expected to issue his ruling by the end of next month nication are available through the group which also lines up experts and those with firsthand experience for TV writers and producers (and less frequently for filmmakers) resistance healthy body images healthy are among other topics Media Project tracks Smalley said adding that helps young people make healthy The group has its work cut out A Kaiser study of major broadcast networks and cable channels found sexual content was increasing with nearly 70 percent of shows in the 1999-2000 season featuring talk about sex or showing sexual behavior The figure was 56 percent in a study of the 1997-98 season The industry is receptive to guidance said Smalley She works regularly with about 20 shows in a season and fields calls from others Dr Neal Baer executive producer of Order: Special Victims and a pediatrician is one longtime customer He first used the resources in 1989 for an Afterschool about a girl facing a venereal infection The association continued through years with when he sought details for stories including medical assistant Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) AIDS virus and one about the sexually transmitted virus linked to cervical cancer was very Baer said of the February 2000 episode that cited the human papilloma By Lynn Elber ASSOCIATED PRESS When discussed safe sex when an worker coped with HIV when debated sex education and abstinence the Media Project was there Without a direct hand in creating or writing any TV series the nonprofit advisory group has helped shape the handling of sexual topics particularly those concerning teenagers Like it or not said Media Project director Robin Smalley Hollywood serves as a sex-education counselor for many kids One survey conducted in 2000 found that teenagers between 13 and 15 ranked entertainment media as the leading source of information about sexuality and sexual health "Writers will say not our responsibility to educate our responsibility to And Smalley said be put in the position of being educators but you know what? 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