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Population Media Center

Population Media Center (PMC) is an American media organization based in South Burlington, Vermont. It uses behaviour change methodology to convey messages about health-related topics.

PMC is focused on population control and worked to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

History

Founding

Population Media Center was founded in 1998 by William Ryerson to address population and reproductive health issues using the Sabido methodology.1)

Population Strategy Working Group

In October 2009, PMC organized and chaired the 3rd Annual Population Strategy Working Group Meeting. The event, which was described as “growing into an annual landmark on the calendars of population activists around the world,” was held at the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center, located in downtown Washington, D.C. The meeting featured presentations by several local population organizations, such as Virginia-based Advocates for Sustainable Albemarle Population, Floridians for Sustainable Population, and Californians for Population Stabilization.

Dr. Bob Howard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert J. Howard & Associates, former Press Officer for the National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conducted an “interactive and in-depth media skills training for all participants.”

Global Population Speak Out

In 2010, PMC worked in close coordination with the Population Institute (PI) to carry out the second annual Global Population Speak Out (GPSO).2) Collaborators included the Center for Biological Diversity, Kelvin Thomson (an “Australian MP who has been leading the effort to stabilize Australia’s population”), Sustainable Population Australia and others.

Organization

Leadership

Board of Directors3)
Name Affiliation(s)
Albert Alcouloumbre Jr. TV Globo, Abril Publishing Group, CBN Radio Network, Industry Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro, São Paolo Institute Against Violence
Qutubuddin Aziz National Press Trust, United Press of Pakistan
Earl Babbie Chapman University
Neal Baer NBC, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, ER, University of Southern California, Institute for Photographic Empowerment, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Albert Bandura Stanford University, American Psychological Association, Western Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Medicine
Albert Allen Bartlett University of Colorado Boulder
Lester Brown Earth Policy Institutee, Worldwatch Institute, MacArthur Fellowship
Chester Burger Communications Counselors
Jeff Burrow S3R Holdings
Martha Campbell University of California Berkeley, Venture Strategies for Health and Development, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Virginia Carter Embassy Television
Zoanne Clack Grey's Anatomy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Michael Cody USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Journal of Health Communication
John Coulter Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), Conservation Council of South Australia, Australian Conservation Foundation, Zero Population Growth Australia
Herman Daly Maryland School of Public Policy, World Banl, Louisiana State University, National Council for Science and the Environment
Deecie McNelly Denison -
Madeline Di Nonno Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Anne Ehrlich Center for Conservation Biology, The Population Bomb, Council on Environmental Quality, President's Council on Sustainable Development, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, New-Land Foundation
Paul Ehrlich Center for Conservation Biology, MacArthur Fellowship, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The Population Bomb
Robert Engelman Worldwatch Institute, Population Action International (PAI), Yale University, Society of Environmental Journalists
Lucy Lee Grimes Evans Stamford Advocate, Population Connection
Brenda Feigen Ms. Magazine, ACLU Women's Rights Project, William Morris Agency, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Pacific Council on International Policy
Andrew Ferguson Optimum Population Trust
Robert Gillespie Population Communication, Population Council, Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
Lindsey Grant Office of Asian Communist Affairs, United States National Security Council (NSC), United States Department of State
Hope Green World Radio and Television Council, Vermont Public Television, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Lynn Gutstadt CBS Interactive, Premier Retail Networks, TechTV, Applied Communications, CNN
Maisha Hazzard SpiritWorks Communications, Ohio University
Richard Heinberg -
Marilyn Hempel Blue Planet United, Population Press
Ron Hoge Pinnacle Engines
John Jackson MTV Networks International, Christian Aid, Burma Campaign UK, Global Media AIDS Initiative (GMAI)
Tony Johnston Population Communication Africa, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Jeremy Kagan Change Making Media Lab, The Doe Fund, The Bioneers, Sundance Institute, Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Shiv Khare Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), World Assembly of Youth (WAY)
Bram Kleppner Danforth Pewter, Champlain College, Ben & Jerry's
Doug La Follette -
Richard Lamm Institute for Public Policy, University of Denver, Pew Health Professions Commission, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Zero Population Growth
Diane Lee Langston United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Rotary International
Anthony Leiserowitz Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, John F. Kennedy School of Government, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Gallup World Poll, World Economic Forum, Global Roundtable on Climate Change, Earth Institute
Vincent Maduka Nigerian Television Authority
Daniel Maguire Marquette University, Society of Christian Ethics
Edward Maibach Center for Climate Change Communication, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Porter Novelli, Kidsave International
Frederick Meyerson University of Rhode Island, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Norman Myers Oxford Martin School, Duke University, University of Cape Town, University of Vermont, United Nations, World Bank
Richard Ottaway All Party Parliamentary Group for Population, Development and Reproductive Health, Population Concern, Family Planning Association
Chris Palmer Center for Environmental Filmmaking, National Audubon Society Productions, National Wildlife Productions
Alexandra Paul Baywatch, International Green Cross, ACLU of Southern California
Roger Pereira R&P Management Communications
Tom Perkins Perkins Investment Management
David Pimentel Cornell University
David Poindexter Population Institute, Population Communications International
Jane Putch
Barbara Pyle CNN, Turner Broadcasting, International Conference on Population and Development
Kate Randolph Fordham University, EngenderHealth, Population Communications International (PCI)
William Ryerson Population Institute, Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania, Planned Parenthood Federation of Northern New England, Population Communications International, Zero Population Growth, Rotarian Action Group on Population and Development
Tom Sawyer Hiram College, Population Resource Center, Congressional Population Caucus, Population Institute
S.D. Shantinah Novartis Foundation for Gerontological Research, FDI World Dental Federation
Jerri Lea Shaw JBS International, Huffington Post, Women for Afghan Women, Population Institute
O.J. Sikes United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Carolina Population Center
Steven Sinding International Planned Parenthood Federation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, Columbia University, Guttmacher Institute
Arvind Singhal Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies
Elizabeth Smith Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, BBC World Service, BBC Radio, BBC TV, Voice of the Listener & Viewer, Radio Academy, Rory Peck Trust, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Elizabeth R. Broadcasting Fund, Royal Institute for International Affairs, Westminster Foundation for Democracy, INTRAC, Television Trust for the Environment
Gloria Steinem New York Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Ms. Foundation for Women, National Women's Political Caucus, Voters for Choice, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Equality Now
Monique Tilford Center for a New American Dream, Wild Earth, Carrying Capacity Network
Peter Vesey CNN
Charles Westoff Princeton University
Paul Winter Paul Winter Consort, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Robert Wyman Yale University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut, Urban League of New Haven, Center for Children's Environmental Literature, Horizon Communications
Itang Young Abyssinian Fund, Abyssinian Baptist Church
Philip Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanford University, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Naval Postgraduate School, American Psychological Association, Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP), Center for Interdisciplinary Policy, Education, and Research on Terrorism (CIPERT)
Robert Zinser Rotarian Action Group on Population and Development (RFPD), Rotary International

Funding

Funding for Population Media Center and its programs has come from:4) 5) 6) 7)

Partners

PMC has collaborated in various forms with other organizations including Cagle Syndication Network, Population Institute (PI), Tiroir A Films and Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

1)
Who We Are. Population Media Center. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20110918230553/http://www.populationmedia.org/who/
2) , 3) , 4)
Ryerson, W. N. 2009/2010 Annual Report. Population Media Center. Retrieved October 7, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20111007064938/http://www.populationmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/2009-PMC-Annual-Report.pdf
5)
Scalable Solutions Portfolio. The Mulago Foundation. Retrieved September 23, 2010, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100923023506/http://www.mulagofoundation.org/who-we-fund
6)
Ryerson, W. N. 2017 Annual Report. Population Media Center. Retrieved December 20, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221220073157/https://info.populationmedia.org/hubfs/2017-20th-PMC-Annual-Report.pdf
7)
PMC 2008 Annual Report. Population Media Center. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220813221114/https://www.populationmedia.org/annual-report/pmc-2008-annual-report
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