Your Colleagues in the NewsCheck out the top-reaching stories of academic impact in traditional media. Metrics draw from English-language print, broadcast and online global media outlets. | Top stories (Nov. 4 – 10*) |
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Kellogg's Loran Nordgren discusses factors that can prevent innovation – placing too much emphasis on aspects that move a business forward, rather than correcting what holds them back. Nordgren was cited in 112 stories, primarily through broadcasts of NPR’s Hidden Brain, for a reach of 3.6 million.
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Alumna and "Today" show anchor Sheinelle Jones is inducted into Medill's Hall of Achievement. The honor was cited in 111 stories, primarily "Today" show broadcasts, for a reach of 1.8 million.
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Weinberg's Christopher Berry is part of a team of researchers studying 35 detections of gravitational waves during a five-month period – the largest collection of waves detected to date. Berry was cited in 38 stories for a reach of .8 million. Top outlets include CNN.
*To allow time for data processing and validation, the reporting period for top stories and quantitative media metrics runs Thursday-Wednesday.
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| In the spotlight | Read in-depth coverage of Northwestern faculty work and research. |  From NPR and PBS broadcasts Headaches, nausea, dizziness and confusion are among the most common symptoms of a concussion. But SoC's Nina Kraus finds a blow to the head can also make it hard to understand speech in a noisy room. |  From Reuters Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law's Center for International Human Rights has selected all women judges in Afghanistan as the recipients of its annual Global Jurist of the Year Award. |
| Trending News | These are the trending topics in the news and on social media that we’re keeping our eyes on this week. If you have a viewpoint or expertise on any of the topics below and you’re willing to talk to reporters about them, email us at media@northwestern.edu. | We're looking for experts on the following topics | Lawyers in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged in the killing of two people during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, are set to make closing arguments today, with the high-profile case expected to head to the jury later in the day. |
Florida lawmakers meet for a special session today to discuss measures that would block COVID-19 vaccine mandates by public and private employers. The four bills being considered would ratchet up the penalties for businesses, local governments and other entities that require workers to be vaccinated against the virus and students to wear masks in school.
| Today's meeting comes amid mounting tensions between the two countries. Biden has made clear that he sees China as the United States' greatest national security and economic competitor and has tried to reframe American foreign policy to reflect that belief. | Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed to the final text of the Glasgow Climate Pact, which pledges further action to curb emissions, more frequent updates on progress and additional funding for low- and middle-income countries. | Biden is expected to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to create a strategy addressing what the administration calls an "epidemic" of missing or murdered Indigenous people. | The Ohio trial is the first the pharmacy chains have faced in thousands of lawsuits by states and local governments seeking to hold them liable for an epidemic that U.S. health officials say has led to nearly 500,000 opioid overdose deaths over two decades. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Scott Baker, The Wall Street Journal “This hesitation to interest-rate shop for a mortgage goes against the grain of other consumer behaviors. When buying a car, for instance, consumers know that pricing and incentives can vary from market to market, dealer to dealer. Shopping for a better rate is ingrained in how we buy cars, but we tend to view mortgages in a different way,” Scott Baker writes in The Wall Street Journal. |
| Media metrics | The following metrics reflect Northwestern's performance in 75 priority media outlets, chosen based on their reach and influence with key academic audiences. | Priority Media Outlet Performance Metrics | Coverage over time: |  |
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