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This month Newswise is highlighting two participating institutions who exemplify "best practices" in adapting and designing their news releases to fit the online medium and journalists' needs. Both institutions have developed a consistent style and quality control both for content and context.
First Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions always includes contact information, especially email addresses, in news releases. Journalists often report that they want email addresses for the news release contacts. Hopkins' releases also always include links to additional information directly related to the subject of the news release. Several examples of well-formatted, Hopkins news releases are:
The other "best practices" institution is Purdue University. Their news releases stand out for several reasons. Like Johns Hopkins, they always include contact information with email addresses as well as links to additional information. Purdue also consistently lists contact information for the expert, or researcher, in the release. Most releases contain links to images as well. Another format enhancement that highlights Purdue University's "best practices" is that they provide an abstract of the journal article for each news release with a citation.
Journalists often request that a link to the journal article or abstract be provided in news releases. They want all of the information related to the news release in one, easy-to-access location. Several examples of well-formatted, Purdue news releases are:
Both Purdue and Hopkins also consistently cite funding sources for the research in their releases. As you can see in the side bar to the right, this is an important issue to journalists.
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A note from a subscribing journalist:
The Newswise Daily Wire has become an increasingly valuable tool in our newsroom, enabling us to do one stop shopping for stories we may wish to pursue.
One of the things I like to emphasize when speaking with people who write releases for academic and research institutions is the need to include information describing the sources of funding for studies and whether the researchers and institutions have received compensation in any form from anyone who might have a stake in the outcome of the work.
If a grape juice company funds a study on grape juice and cardiovascular disease, that doesn't necessarily negate the research, but it's a fact I think listeners are entitled to know. If a researcher owns a significant amount of stock in a pharmaceutical company and is doing work that could have an impact on that stock, that's also information I'd like to know about.
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Charlie
Charles Kaye
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CBS News
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This is the fifteenth edition of the monthly report in which you'll find:
Earlier results
A preliminary report on access counts is now provided for files you've contributed during the most recent month, in addition to a final report on your prior month's activity. This allows you to track both preliminary and longer-range access counts for your stories.
Enhanced context
Your reports are now provided within the greater context of this monthly Newswise report, which offers perspectives on your data not previously available, such as studies of how the media access and use Newswise and your stories. We also hope to utilize this "interactive" newsletter as a way of eliciting your suggestions and to acknowledge those who have contributed suggestions.
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May 2003 Newswise Report (preliminary)
(If your institution had contributed stories in May 2003, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
Table 1
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Newswise May 2003 PRELIMINARY Report
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HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES
By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY
(based on data gathered through 13-Jun-2003)
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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
296 Research or Feature 45059 152 128
3 Policy 219 73 76
12 Announcement 797 66 55
SCINEWS LIBRARY
101 Research or Feature 17350 172 150
0 Policy -- -- --
11 Announcement 635 58 58
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
122 Research or Feature 15177 124 95
0 Policy -- -- --
12 Announcement 482 40 31
20 Higher Ed Event 1349 67 71
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
25 Research or Feature 2638 106 91
0 Policy -- -- --
13 Announcement 436 34 30
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April 2003 Newswise Report (final)
(If your institution had contributed stories in April 2003, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
Table 1
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Newswise April 2003 FINAL Report
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HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES
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Number of Type Access Counts
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MEDNEWS LIBRARY
289 Research or Feature 58660 203 175
3 Policy 180 60 64
15 Announcement 804 54 51
SCINEWS LIBRARY
87 Research or Feature 21579 248 225
0 Policy -- -- --
10 Announcement 762 76 71
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
89 Research or Feature 15841 178 138
0 Policy -- -- --
9 Announcement 331 37 32
33 Higher Ed Event 4030 122 114
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
26 Research or Feature 4090 157 132
1 Policy 54 54 54
6 Announcement 300 50 37
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"I really appreciate the wires. We've looked into many of them as news items."
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SeaWeb
The release "Only 10% of All Large Fish are Left in Global Ocean" (LARGFISH.SWB) was covered by:
ABCNews.com
Agence France Presse
Associated Press
Baltimore Sun
Boston Globe
Boston.com
Broadcast News
Brockville Recorder & Times (Ontario, Canada)
Bulletin's Frontrunner
Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada)
Canada.com
Canadian Press
Cape Cod Times
CBS - The Early Show
CBS Morning News
CBSNews.com
Centre Daily Times
Charleston Post and Courier
Chronicle-Herald
CNN
Commercial Appeal(Memphis, TN)
CTV Television News
Daily Miner & News (Kenora, Ontario)
Daily Telegraph, (London)
Daily Yomiuri, (Tokyo)
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Economist
Edmonton Journal
Environment News Service
Florida Times-Union
Florida Today
Gazette (Montreal, Quebec)
Global News Wire - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
Gold Coast Bulletin
Greenwire
Guardian (London)
Harrisburg Patriot-News
Herald Express (Torquay)
Hoosier Times
Independent Online, South Africa
Independent (London)
International Herald Tribunte
Kansas City Star
KPIX Channel 5
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London Daily Telegraph
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Times
Monterey Country Herald
MSNBC
National Fisherman E-News
National Post
National Public Radio Website
Nationwide News Pty Limited MX (Melbourne, Australia)
New Scientist
New Scientist Website
New York Times
New Zealand Herald
Newsday (New York)
Oregonian
Ottawa Citizen
Raleigh Nesw & Observer
Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Reuters
San Diego Union-Tribune
San Francisco Chronicle
San Jose Mercury News
ScienCentral News
Scientific American Web Site
Scripps Howard News Service
Seafood.com
Seattle Times
Slate Magazine
Stratford Beacon Herald (Ontario, Canada)
Sun Herald (Sydney)
Times of Oman, Oman
Toledo Blade
Toronto Star
U.S. News & World Report
Union Leader
United Press International
USA Today
Vancouver Province
Vancouver Sun
Voice of America News
Washington Post
Washington Times.com
Western Daily Press
Western Morning News (Plymouth)
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
The release "Seizure Drug Improves Abstinence from Drinking" (ALCOHOL.TSA) appeared in:
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
CNN
CBS News
Associated Press-London
USA Today
Reuters Health
MSNBC
Newsday, Los
Angeles Times
ABC News
Toronto Star
Des Moines Register
Seattle Times
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Rocky Mountain News
Health News 24 in South Africa
Boston Globe
Ottawa Citizen
Charlotte Observer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Yahoo News
Kansas City Star
Tucson Daily Star
CBS2 New York
CBS2 Chicago
WCCO-TV (CBS) in Minneapolis
ABC2 Baltimore
ABC13 Roanoke, Va.
CTV (Canada)
WCVB-TV in Boston
Contra Costa (Calif.) Times
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Orange County Register
Modesto Bee
Orlando Sentinel
Washington Times
Oakland (Calif.) Tribune
Salem (Ore.) Statesman-Journal
Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times
Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier
Maryville (Tenn.) Daily Times
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat
Ivanhoe Newswire
The Canadian Press
Doctor's Guide
Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald
Duluth News-Tribune
Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel
Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
Buffalo (N.Y.) News
Tacoma News-Tribune
Newark Star-Ledger
WTVY-TV (CBS) in Dothan, Ala.
KERO-TV (ABC) in Bakersfield, Calif.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Green Sheet
San Antonio Express-News
WOAI-TV
WOAI Radio
KTSA Radio
KSAT-TV
KENS-TV
News 9 TV
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