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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1990-10-16
Duration: 00:02:09
Subject: Infant mortality
People: Bartley, John; Bertonazzi, Louis; Buell, Robert; Burke, Edward; Catjakis, Athan; Claprood, Marjorie; Guernsey, Sherwood; Houston, John; Howarth, Robert; Hynes, Frank; McDonough, John; McIntyre, Joseph; McNeill, John; Rollins, Rebecca; Suhoski, Chester; Taylor, Dr. Jeanne; White, Thomas;
Clip Description
Rebecca Rollins reports that many Massachusetts state legislators have said that the state's rising infant mortality rate is a priority. She notes that only two of seventeen members of the Legislative Health Care Committee attended a recent meeting on the infant mortality rate. Rollins report includes photographs of the legislators on the Legislative Health Care Committee. Rollins reports that John McDonough (State Representative) and Edward Burke (State Senator) were the only two members to attend the meetings. Rollins notes that some legislators said that they were not aware of the meeting. Rollins' report includes interviews with Burke and Dr. Jean Taylor (Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center). Taylor says that the all of the members of the committee would have attended if the subject were white infant mortality. Rollins notes that the infant mortality rate is three times higher in the African American community than in the white community. Rollins reports that any legislation related to infant mortality will most likely be written by Burke and McDonough.Rollins report is accompanied by footage of parents and infants in the lobby of a health care center.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
