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 (January 20-26*) |
-
Weinberg's Alvin Tillery discusses how conservatives are energizing voters by highlighting policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating COVID-19 treatments. Tillery was cited in 317 stories for an estimated reach of 9.2 million. Top outlets include the Associated Press, The Independent, Voice of America and ABC News.
-
Northwestern Law's John McGinnis comments on the increasing conservatism of the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments about university policies considering race as a factor in student admissions. McGinnis was cited in 69 stories for an estimated reach of 5.3 million. Top outlets include Reuters.
-
Kellogg's Brian Uzzi discusses tools Microsoft may use to clean up the culture of newly acquired Activision Blizzard, which faces multiple accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct. Uzzi was cited in 76 stories for an estimated reach of 4.2 million. Top outlets include Reuters.
*To allow time for data processing and validation, the reporting period for top stories and quantitative media metrics runs Thursday-Wednesday. |  |
| In the spotlight | Read in-depth coverage of Northwestern faculty work and research. |  From The New York Times Jeremiah Stamler, an indefatigable cardiovascular researcher who was at the forefront of studies that identified risk factors for heart disease and ways to prevent it, died Wednesday at his home on Long Island. He was 102. |
| 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 | Lawmakers return this week with a long to-do list including Ukraine briefings, a government funding deadline and hopes to revive the Build Back Better Act. | The session kicks off more high-level diplomacy this week, although talks between the U.S. and Russia have so far failed to ease tensions in the crisis. Russia has massed an estimated 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders, stoking fears in the West of an invasion. | As athletes, journalists and other participants arrive for the Winter Olympics that begin on Friday, they are encountering some of the most intense security measures ever imposed at an international sporting event. Many of those are precautions against COVID-19, but others reflect the Chinese government’s growing intolerance of dissent and criticism. | Public health experts say many societal changes are needed for a time when the virus circulates but is not as disruptive, such as targeted testing, more vaccination, better treatments and allowances for staying home when you're sick. | The Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams will face off in Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13. For many, the commercials are as thrilling as the game itself. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Kathryn Macapagal, STAT "About 60% of older Americans take a cholesterol-lowering statin to prevent heart attack, stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease. In contrast, only 25% of eligible, HIV-negative people take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a safe, highly effective way to prevent HIV infection. But recent changes in how health care providers should think about PrEP and who it is for have the potential to transform the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and possibly put it in the rearview mirror," Macapagal writes in STAT. |  From Steven Lubet, NBC News "No one likes wearing masks, whether it’s doctors or grocery store clerks, but we wear them out of a commitment to the greater good. When a Supreme Court justice can’t make this small sacrifice for the health of his immunocompromised colleague, it underscores how low the standards of comity on the high court may have sunk, regardless of how chummy Gorsuch and Sotomayor actually remain," Lubet writes for NBC News. |  From Tonja Jacobi and Warren Snead, Chicago Tribune "Despite the media’s focus on [Joe] Manchin and [Kyrsten] Sinema, there are not just 50 senators and not just two 'moderates.' We should also be talking about Republicans who have built a reputation based upon reasonableness and moderation and whose refusal to back voting reforms defies their reputations," Jacobi and Snead write in the Chicago Tribune. |
| 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: |  |
| Northwestern topic breakdown: |  | | *Topic areas are assigned based on keyword search and reflect the subject of the article, not the department or unit of the individual cited. Some articles may be counted under multiple topic areas. |
|
| About | This weekly newsletter serves as a resource for faculty and communications staff, sharing news opportunities and highlighting faculty and University successes in traditional media. It also provides communications tools such as media training resources and announcements about upcoming sessions.
By providing these resources, we hope to help faculty show their expertise to a national and international audience as well as recognize those who are making an impact.
We welcome your feedback on this and all of our communications tools. You can reach us any time at media@northwestern.edu.
Subscribe to Northwestern in the Media. |
|
|
