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 (Sept. 21-27) |
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Charles Whitaker discusses the potential drivers behind findings of a new study that reveals broad concerns among Black Americans about how they are depicted in the news. Whitaker was cited in 323 stories for a reach of 10.6 million. Top outlets include the Associated Press, NBC News, U.S. News, The Independent, PBS NewsHour and Fortune.
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As five Americans who were detained in Iran return to the U.S., Danielle Gilbert discusses hostage diplomacy and the increasing use of the practice by foreign governments, not terrorist or criminal groups. Gilbert was cited in 125 stories for a reach of 10.1 million. Top outlets include NPR and The Hill.
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Larry Stuelpnagel discusses how Rupert Murdoch’s departure from Fox Corporation and Fox News is likely to influence the relationship between the network and former president Donald Trump. Stuelpnagel was cited in 34 stories for a reach of 3.9 million. Top outlets include Reuters and the Daily Mail.
*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 work and research. |  From Scientific American New research suggests that black hole heavyweights may consume the inner parts of their accretion disk within months to years, much faster than the previously believed time frame of centuries to millennia. Nick Kaaz, the study’s lead author and a graduate student in Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, tells Scientific American the new finding might explain why quasars flare and fade so quickly. |  From HealthDay A new review in the journal Sleep Medicine led by Feinberg’s Jennifer Mundt concludes that there are no consensus guidelines for treating complex sleep issues such as "arousal disorders" or "parasomnias." Mundt and her colleagues conducted the review to discover how these disorders are being treated and to provide a foundation for creating better treatment guidelines. |  From WGN-TV As the Writers Guild of America reached a tentative agreement to end its five-month strike, School of Communication’s and WGA strike captain Zayd Dohrn talks to WGN-TV about the terms of the agreement and the final steps necessary for writers to get back to work. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Amelia E. Van Pelt, Sara Becker and Rinad S. Beidas, Chicago Tribune “We cannot afford to wait until the next wave of COVID-19 cases incapacitates our health system or the next public health crisis emerges. Implementation scientists require a seat at the table to help shape decisions to save lives and improve public health,” Feinberg’s Amelia E. Van Pelt, Sara Becker and Rinad S. Beidas write in the Chicago Tribune. |  From Nancy Qian, South China Morning Post “That said, soaring youth unemployment does not spell economic apocalypse for China. After decades of high economic growth, today’s youth — even with fewer people working — will be wealthier than any other generation in China’s history. The problem that youth unemployment poses for China comes down to one question: how will the mismatch between expectations and reality manifest itself?” Kellogg’s Nancy Qian writes in South China Morning Post. |  From Rachel Jamison Webster, Psychology Today “But even as AI changes the nature of work, solves some societal ills and shuffles and consolidates information, it cannot answer the most enduring questions of consciousness. … The human mind is still essential for creating such meaning, and for cultivating it in others,” School of Communication’s Rachel Jamison Webster writes in Psychology Today. |
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