The Power of TV: Reproductive Health and Access in Storytelling

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November 07, 2018

About The Event

The Power of TV: Reproductive Health and Access in Storytelling

Developed in partnership with the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center's Hollywood, Health & Society, The Power of TV: Reproductive Health and Access in Storytelling assembles storytellers and experts to discuss television's depiction of reproductive choice, family planning and maternal health. From Maude to Murphy Brown to Jane the Virgin and Dear White People, how has television influenced attitudes and access to safe reproductive choice and women's healthcare?

Join us for a conversation with:

  • Janine Sherman Barrois, showrunner, Claws; executive producer, Criminal Minds; co-executive producer, ER
  • Dorothy Fortenberry, writer/co-producer, The Handmaid's Tale; writer, The 100
  • Amanda Lasher, showrunner, The Bold Type; co-executive producer, Riverdale and Gossip Girl
  • Hayley Schore, co-creator and writer, The Resident; writer, Code Black
  • Gretchen Sisson, sociologist, University of San Francisco


Moderated by:

  • Logan Browning, actor, Dear White People

 

8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Panel
9:45 Q & A
10:00 Wrap

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This is a public event of the Television Academy Foundation. Television Academy Members and the public are invited to attend. Each individual may reserve up to two tickets.
Presented by the Television Academy and Hollywood, Health & Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.

Produced By

This event is presented by
the Television Academy Foundation
, and
Hollywood, Health & Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center

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November 07, 2018
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8:30 am to 10:00 am PST

Where:

Location

Governors Room
at Saban Media Center
Television Academy
5210 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601

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