| Issue No. 6 | Delivering Your News Wisely | July 2002 |
| Newswise Links |
| Reporter Subscribers | |
| SciWire | 2094 |
| MedWire | 2262 |
| BizWire | 873 |
| LifeWire | 1281 |
| DailyWire | 854 |
| Suggestion Box |
| If you have any comments or suggestions about how Newswise can better serve you, please contact us. |
| Your Individual Report |
| To view your individual hit counts for May (final) and June
(preliminary), as well as overall site statistics, click
here.
For your reference, we've archived your previous monthly reports
here: |
| Journalists and Newswise Press Passes |
| This month Newswise did a study of how journalists subscribing to Newswise have used their press passes over the last 6 months to access your embargoed news. The results of this investigation are below. View Results. |
| About this Report |
| In this report, we've included information on how journalists use their press passes, feedback from journalists at New Scientist, Self and several other media outlets, and success stories from participating institutions. We encourage your feedback (see suggestion box). It helps us to evaluate Newswise and make changes to better suit your needs. We look forward to hearing from you. |
| Journalists Respond |
| Kate Douglas, New Scientist Clare Horn, Natural Health Magazine Caroline Schaefer, Self Magazine Yves Sorokobi, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) |
| Success Stories |
| American Psychological Association (APA) |
| Health Behavior News Service |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Central Michigan University |
| University of Minnesota |
| University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| M. Booth & Associates |
| American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) |
Journalists and Newswise Press Passes Con't. |
Roughly 25% to 30% of stories posted to Newswise carry embargo restrictions, and Newswise requires journalists to log in with their press pass username and password in order to access them while the embargo is in force. Press passes are only issued to full-time, professional journalists who have provided clippings to Newswise to verify their status as a journalist. Newswise has a rigorous embargo protection policy honored by journalists and has been approved by Science Magazine to carry embargoed stories before the embargo is lifted because of our password system.
Of the 3847 Newswise subscribing journalists, 2887 (75%) have press passes. The remaining have either never requested a press pass or have not yet provided clippings. On average, we add 50-60 new press passes each month. Over the last six months, 1,627 individual journalists have used their press pass. The chart below shows how many journalists used their press passes in any given month from January to June. This chart also shows how many journalists are freelance or on staff at media outlets.
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Press Pass Users accessing Embargoed Stories on Newswise |
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| Month | Users | Staff | Freelance |
| January | 749 | 548 (73%) | 201 (27%) |
| February | 740 | 534 (72%) | 206 (28%) |
| March | 813 | 569 (70%) | 244 (30%) |
| April | 950 | 671 (71%) | 279 (29%) |
| May | 839 | 597 (71%) | 242 (29%) |
| June | 840 | 615 (73%) | 225 (27%) |
The number of embargoed stories accessed by each reporter varies across a broad range from 1 to more than 100 monthly. Roughly 2/3 to 3/4 of press pass users access between 1 and 5 embargoed stories per month. The chart below, broken down by month, shows the distribution of reporters by numbers of hits on embargoed releases.
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Press Pass Users, by Volume of Embargoed Stories Retrieved |
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| Month | 1-5 hits | 6-10 hits | 11-15 hits | 16-20 hits | 21+ hits |
| January | 547 (73%) | 123 (16%) | 35 (5%) | 13 (2%) | 31 (4%) |
| February | 543 (73%) | 103 (14%) | 41 (5%) | 29 (4%) | 24 (4%) |
| March | 574 (71%) | 133 (16%) | 57 (7%) | 20 (2%) | 28 (4%) |
| April | 571 (60%) | 175 (18%) | 72 (8%) | 44 (6%) | 76 (8%) |
| May | 572 (68%) | 117 (14%) | 57 (7%) | 53 (6%) | 40 (5%) |
| June | 575 (68%) | 140 (17%) | 51 (6%) | 21 (3%) | 53 (6%) |
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(NB: Stories without embargo restrictions – which account for roughly 70-75% of stories posted to Newswise– are NOT documented by these statistics, as user authentication is not required to view them.) |
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Currently, Newswise is working on a redesign of our website. With the new design, all journalists will be required to have a username and password. Those journalists with current press passes will have password clearance to access embargoed stories. Those journalists without a current password will have limited access and only be able to view unembargoed stories unless they provide adequate credentials.
Your Individual ReportThis is the sixth edition of a new monthly report format in which you'll find:
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(If your institution had contributed stories in June 2002, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
Table 1
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Newswise June 2002 PRELIMINARY Report
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HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES
By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY
(based on data gathered through 16-Jul-2002)
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Number of Type Access Counts
JUNE of ---------------------
News Releases Story TOTAL Avg Median
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MEDNEWS LIBRARY
158 Research or Feature 19418 123 100
4 Policy 208 52 46
21 Announcement 379 18 13
SCINEWS LIBRARY
111 Research or Feature 15803 142 101
3 Policy 102 34 37
13 Announcement 333 26 22
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
47 Research or Feature 3632 77 63
4 Policy 63 16 10
10 Announcement 160 16 11
3 Higher Ed Event 46 15 18
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
26 Research or Feature 1445 56 46
2 Policy 18 9 9
3 Announcement 22 7 7
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(If your institution had contributed stories in May 2002, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
Table 1
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Newswise May 2002 FINAL Report
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HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES
By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY
(based on data gathered through 16-Ju1-2002)
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Number of Type Access Counts
MAY of ---------------------
News Releases Story TOTAL Avg Median
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MEDNEWS LIBRARY
263 Research or Feature 35367 134 114
3 Policy 90 30 25
24 Announcement 567 24 16
SCINEWS LIBRARY
107 Research or Feature 19770 185 136
0 Policy -- -- --
20 Announcement 611 31 27
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
60 Research or Feature 6770 113 83
1 Policy 13 13 13
16 Announcement 201 13 11
17 Higher Ed Event 882 52 37
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
15 Research or Feature 1602 107 102
1 Policy 13 13 13
6 Announcement 100 17 16
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Journalists Respond |
| "Newswise is great--such a variety of stories and plenty of food for thought. As I said, I commission features, so I tend not to chase down single items but instead build up a picture of trends and hot, happening areas. A major part of my job is knowing who is doing what, so that I can point writers in the right direction once I commission them. And that's where services like Newswise really help." --Kate Douglas, New Scientist |
| "I'd say that I print out three or four items a week for potential story leads. Newswise is definitely one of my top sources for recent studies. I'm actually getting a lot of good new info from your emails." --Clare Horn, Natural Health Magazine |
| "I LOVE Newswise. I think it's terrific and I use a lot of the stories that I find there for our Happiness Flash page." --Caroline Schaefer, Self Magazine |
| "Your service is excellent. I have commissioned stories based on two or three of your announcements. Those were releases about new medical or anthropological or historical findings in Africa. One suggestion would be to have more releases with pictures available." --Yves Sorokobi, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) |
Success Stories |
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American Psychological Association (APA) Health Behavior News Service |