| Issue No. 9 | Delivering Your News Wisely | August/September 2002 |
| Newswise Links |
| Subscribing Reporters | |
| SciWire | 2165 |
| MedWire | 2327 |
| BizWire | 904 |
| LifeWire | 1361 |
| DailyWire | 895 |
| Suggestion Box |
| If you have any comments or suggestions about how Newswise can better serve you, please contact us. |
| Your Individual Report |
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To view your individual hit counts for August (final) and September (preliminary), as well as overall site statistics, click below:
August/September 2002.
For your reference, we've archived your previous monthly reports here:
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| Newswise Special Wires |
| This month, Newswise reports on our newest service-- Topical Special Wires. See the results below. |
| About this Report |
| In this report, we've included information on the new Newswise Special Wires, feedback from journalists at Los Alamos (NM) Monitor, Toronto Globe and Mail and many other media outlets, and success stories from participating institutions. We encourage your feedback (see suggestion box). It helps us to evaluate Newswise and make improvements to suit your needs. We look forward to hearing from you. |
| Journalists Respond |
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Roger Snodgrass,
Los Alamos (NM) Monitor
Jack Bell, Toronto Globe and Mail Tina Tran, KTVK-Channel 3 (CNN Phoenix) Kirsten Weir, Weekly Reader View Responses |
| Success Stories |
| James Madison University |
| University of Michigan Health System |
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| New Participants |
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The Newswise community of contributing institutions is now 427 members strong. Joining us since May 1st, 2002 are 38 new clients representing a broad range of research, educational, and professional organizations. We welcome your participation, and look forward to hearing your success stories!
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New Newswise Special Wires Con't. |
In August, at the suggestion of one of our clients, Newswise introduced a new service--topical Special Wires--with the Special 9-11 Anniversary Wire. It was so successful, that we decided to continue offering Special Wires for unique and important issues. In October we offered the Special Wire on Iraq and the November Elections, and in November, we are offering the Special Wire on Winter, and its Holidays.
These special wires are a hit with both our clients and our subscribing journalists. Before the Special 9-11 Anniversary wire, we surveyed journalists to gauge their interest in the topic. You can view some of their responses
here. We received 93 submissions to this wire. Stories from this wire comprised 60% of the top hit LifeNews stories in August. (View this month's Top Hit Stories.) Clients also reported hearing directly from reporters about their stories.
For the Special Wire on Iraq, November elections our subscribing journalists suggested topics they would like to see on the wire. Some examples are below:
"I am interested in some of the arguments that get less news coverage in the US. The debates between various segments of the Left for instance."
"A particular facet that I think is important but under-explored is the growing perception among some paleo-conservatives that mostly Jewish neo-conservatives are fomenting the war because they see it as being in the best interests of Israel. Right now Pat Buchanan and Joe Sobran are the most articulate exponents of this belief. It seems to me that this is newsworthy and also worthy of policy analysis."
"A special Iraq Wire would be very interesting. What would make it more so, is if it contained insight and information beyond the mainstream and Internet hash."
This Special Wire had 18 submissions. If you submitted a release to this wire, your preliminary hit counts will be available in your September/October Newswise report, to be mailed to you next month.
For our upcoming Special Wire on Winter/Holidays we again surveyed our journalists to determine what they would like to receive in the wire. More than 300 responded within the first 24 hours. A list of responses can be found
here. Of those who replied, 96 were freelance and 219 were on staff at a publication. The staff journalists break down into the following categories:
- 105 Magazines
- 42 Newspapers
- 7 Wire Services
- 39 Television Stations
- 11 Online Publications
- 7 Newsletters
- 8 Radio Stations
From this latest journalist survey, we have learned that our magazine subscribers would need leads 3-5 months earlier. For this reason, we are considering doing a Winter/Holiday wire in November, which will benefit our Newspaper/Radio/TV journalist, and a second Winter/Holiday wire in July for our Magazine journalists. What do you think?
We plan to offer special topical wires roughly once a month. If you have ideas for a special wire, please
email
or call us (434-296-9417) to discuss it. We welcome both your feedback and your suggestions for new services. We would also like to thank Marilyn Herbert of Halstead Communications / College Connections, who suggested the original 9-11 Anniversary Wire.
Your Individual ReportThis is the ninth edition of a new monthly report format in which you'll find:
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(If your institution had contributed stories in September 2002 , data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
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Newswise September 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-Oct-2002)
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Number of Type Access Counts
SEPTEMBER of ---------------------
News Releases Story TOTAL Avg Median
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MEDNEWS LIBRARY
164 Research or Feature 26579 162 141
3 Policy 173 58 46
16 Announcement 515 32 26
SCINEWS LIBRARY
84 Research or Feature 17441 208 150
0 Policy -- -- --
9 Announcement 396 44 36
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
87 Research or Feature 12442 143 102
1 Policy 19 19 19
6 Announcement 125 21 21
1 Higher Ed Event 260 260 260
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
22 Research or Feature 3277 149 139
0 Policy -- -- --
1 Announcement 42 42 42
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(If your institution had contributed stories in August 2002 , data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
Table 1
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Newswise August 2002 FINAL Report
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HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES
By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY
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Number of Type Access Counts
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News Releases Story TOTAL Avg Median
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MEDNEWS LIBRARY
182 Research or Feature 37997 209 184
0 Policy -- -- --
6 Announcement 162 27 30
SCINEWS LIBRARY
106 Research or Feature 26173 247 226
0 Policy -- -- --
11 Announcement 595 54 38
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
187 Research or Feature 31180 167 152
1 Policy 33 33 33
5 Announcement 156 31 31
6 Higher Ed Event 755 126 76
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
25 Research or Feature 4598 184 169
0 Policy -- -- --
1 Announcement 44 44 44
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Journalists Respond |
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"Wow! This was quite a great bunch of stuff. Just wanted you to know I really found a lot of goodies in today's Newswise. Thanks."
--Roger Snodgrass, Los Alamos (NM) Monitor |
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"Newswise is a great site, bringing together a broad spectrum of science-related stories and announcements. As an editor, I find it extremely valuable; especially in that we are able to study embargoed stories and prepare for them before the news hits the general press."
--Jack Bell, Toronto Globe and Mail |
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"We really enjoy the service and have been able to use some of the articles."
--Tina Tran, KTVK-Channel 3 (CNN Phoenix) |
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"I've gotten familiar with Newswise over the last two years. It's a great resource, and I'm thankful for it!"
--Kirsten Weir, Weekly Reader |
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James Madison University
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