VOL. 23, NO. 17	MARCH 6, 1998

hildren who are habitually beaten, abused and neglected are likely to grow into violent adults, and the media may not be paying enough attention, experts say.

  The Graduate School of Journalism will hold a conference Apr. 1 titled “Roots of Violence: The Stories We Miss” to examine whether the media has been delinquent in covering the problem and its solutions.

  Nicholas Scoppetta, New York City Commissioner for Children’s Services, will open the discussion at 9:00 A.M. in the third floor Lecture Hall of the Journalism School.

  Other scheduled speakers are Lawrence Aber, director of Columbia’s National Center for Children in Poverty; Judge Michael Corriero of the New York State Supreme Court; John DiIulio, Princeton professor and director of The Jeremiah Project; Michael Eric Dyson, Columbia professor and author of Race Rules; Robin Karr-Morse, author of Ghosts in the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence; Major Betty Israel, director of social services of The Salvation Army; Deborah Prothrow-Stith, associate dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, and journalists Mary Ann Giordano of The Daily News, David Gonzalez of The New York Times, Ann Marie Lipinski of the Chicago Tribune, Lynn Neary of National Public Radio and Carole Simpson of ABC News.

  The daylong event, free and open to the public, is organized by the Journalism School’s Prudential Fellowship for Children and the News, directed by LynNell Hancock, and the Scripps Howard Program in Religion, Journalism and Spiritual Life, directed by Diane Winston.

  “Kids who kill. Kids who die violently. These are stories that have always had obvious headline appeal,” said Hancock. “The next step is for reporters to explore the abundance of new research to write more gracefully about the root causes of these timeless tragedies.”

  “Many faith-based outreach programs operate below the media’s radar screen,” said Winston. “An increasingly important story of service, sacrifice and human relationships will need to be told.”