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 (April 28-May 4*) |
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Harry Kraemer, Nour Kteily and Nick Diakopoulos discuss Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter. They were cited in 617 stories for a reach of 15.1 million. Top outlets include CBS News, U.S. News and MarketWatch.
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Several faculty — most notably John McGinnis, Andrew Koppelman, Melissa Simon and Katie Watson — discuss the implications of the Supreme Court's upcoming decision regarding abortion rights. They were cited in 183 stories for a reach of 10.1 million. Top outlets include Reuters, Politico, HuffPost, the Los Angeles Times and WBEZ.
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Bill Muller finds that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is effective for children under age six. As Moderna applied for FDA approval, Muller was cited in 250 stories for a reach of 7.4 million. Top outlets include the Associated Press, Forbes, PBS, CBC News, CTV News, ABC News and Voice of America.
*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 CBS News Police misconduct can be difficult to expose, in part because of the so-called blue code of silence among officers. But what if a computer model could detect misconduct without a whistleblower ever coming forward? A research team led by Andrew Papachristos says they have accomplished just that. |
| 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 | The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law on Wednesday in reaction to the leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. | The Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation-related adjective used to be "transitory," as in: Inflation is transitory, and price increases should be temporary. That is no longer the case. | France’s president warned Monday that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European Union and proposed a new political organization to bring together countries on the continent that share EU values but are not part of the bloc. | The Biden administration will partner with internet providers to lower the cost of high-speed internet plans for low-income Americans, the White House announced Monday. The Affordable Connectivity Program will provide plans of at least 100 megabits per second of speed for no more than $30. An estimated 48 million Americans will qualify. | The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is reviewing Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc., setting up a deadline in the next month for the agency to decide whether to conduct an in-depth review of the transaction. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Susan J. Pearson, The Atlantic "Late last month, Oklahoma became the first state in the country to explicitly prohibit a nonbinary gender marker on birth certificates. The legislation not only shows a profound disregard for the humanity of nonbinary people; it also rests on a mistaken belief that birth certificates are fixed records of neutral facts and not subject to changing social values," Susan J. Pearson writes in The Atlantic. |  From Andrene Z. Wright, The Washington Post "At every level of office, Black mothers are invoking their personal experiences of anti-Black violence to craft policies and legislation that advocate for the lives of birthing Black people, address police violence and racial profiling and fight against the disparate treatment of Black and Brown children in schools," Andrene Z. Wright writes in The Washington Post. |  From Gabriela Kirk, The Washington Post "The persistence of pay-to-stay and civil lawsuits continue to hurt both incarcerated individuals and their families. That’s why, across the country, public support for this type of predatory practice has shifted. ... If Connecticut follows suit, it will move toward a more equitable and fair system of justice for all," Gabriela Kirk writes with co-authors in The Washington Post. |  From Nancy Qian, The Korea Times "The fact that Beijing ultimately overruled the Shanghai leadership can be viewed as a sign that the centralizers are asserting their power over the proponents of decentralized decision-making. But who will shoulder the blame for the wide-ranging economic and social costs that resulted from the lockdown? ... The answer will be an indication of the future of China's recentralization efforts," Nancy Qian writes in The Korea Times. |  From Andrew Papachristos, Chicago Tribune "Disciplining abusive officers is not enough. ... The code of silence — that idea that turning against one’s fellow officers is the ultimate sin — needs to be condemned and purged. Such a transformational change requires acknowledging that policing is not simply about protecting the public from crime and violence. It also requires protecting the public from dangerous cops," Andrew Papchristos writes with co-authors in the Chicago Tribune. |
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