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 (Dec. 14 - Jan.3) |
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Ashlee Humphreys testifies in Rudy Giuliani's civil defamation trial related to false claims he made about two former election workers in Georgia. Humphreys was cited in 279 stories for a reach of 46.5 million. Top outlets include the BBC, Insider, The Washington Post and The Guardian.
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Cousins Jimmy Soto and David Ayala are released from an Illinois prison after their convictions were overturned. The two men are believed to have served the longest time behind bars on a wrongful conviction in Illinois history. During his time in prison, Soto earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern’s Prison Education Program. The program was mentioned in 196 stories for a reach of 22.7 million. Top outlets include CNN, CBS News, The Independent and PBS NewsHour.
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As an Oregon newspaper lays off its entire staff and halts print production, coverage cites Penelope Muse Abernathy and Tim Franklin’s findings that the loss of local newspapers accelerated in 2023, leaving more than 200 counties as “news deserts.” The study was mentioned in 216 stories for a reach of 22.6 million. Top outlets include the Associated Press, The New York Times, Fox News and CBS News.
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| In the Spotlight | Read in-depth coverage of Northwestern work and research. |  From CNET As artificial intelligence (AI) works its way into the medical field, experts discuss the use of AI to self-diagnose medical problems. Feinberg’s Lindsay Allen tells CNET the internet "democratizes" medical information but that it can also lead to anxiety and misinformation. |  From BBC School of Communication’s Moya Bailey spoke with the BBC after a recent episode of the reality TV show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” sparked debate over the stereotype of the “angry black woman.” Bailey introduced the term "misogynoir" in 2008 to characterize a specific form of sexism experienced by Black women and explains how popular culture has exacerbated anti-Black misogyny for over a century. |  From Illinois National Public Radio A federal judge in Georgia upholds a revised congressional map that creates a new Black district and protects the state's Republican seats in Congress. Northwestern Law’s Michael Kang tells Illinois National Public Radio the United States is experiencing a transformative period for the Voting Rights Act and racial dynamics in American politics as a more multiracial democracy poses challenges that the existing voting rights legislation wasn't written to address. |  From CBS News A device originally created in a Northwestern lab to aid in speech recovery following a stroke is now used to help singers avoid vocal cord injuries. Bienen School of Music's Theresa Brancaccio guides opera singers who use the device to monitor the health of their vocal cords. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker “The fact that many Americans stubbornly point to forces beyond our borders as the source of our troubles is a symptom of our unwillingness to believe that many such problems are born at home. Elected leaders — Republicans, in particular — stand before crowds often hundreds or thousands of miles away from the border and direct fury at Mexico and Mexicans,” Weinberg’s Geraldo Cadava writes in The New Yorker. |  From Nancy Qian, The Korea Times “China’s high youth unemployment rate and increasingly disillusioned young people … have attracted much attention from global media outlets and Chinese policymakers. The standard narrative is to associate the problem with the country’s recent growth slowdown. In fact, the issue goes much deeper. The rise of youth depression has been decades in the making and owes much to China’s rigid education system, past fertility policies and tight migration restrictions,” Kellogg’s Nancy Qian writes in The Korea Times. |  From Steven Lubet, The Hill “By failing to recuse himself, Thomas has silently signaled that he plans to sit in the Trump election interference case, conflicts of interest — and Code of Conduct — be damned,” Northwestern Law’s Steven Lubet writes in The Hill. |
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