NEWSWISE MONTHLY REPORT
Issue No. 35Delivering Your News WiselyOctober/November 2004


Your Individual Report

To view your individual hit counts for October (final) and November (preliminary), as well as overall site statistics, click below:

October/November 2004

(For your previous monthly reports, please see the sidebar at right)


Newswise New Collaboration
This month we discuss a new Newswise collaboration. Read below for more details.

About this Report
In this report, we've included information about a Newswise collaboration, feedback from journalists, 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.



New Newswise Collaboration

As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance services for our member institutions, we are excited to announce a new collaboration with ProfNet and PR Newswire. This collaboration provides new benefits for both our contributing members at higher education institutions and our subscribing journalists.*

  • When you post your story on Newswise, you now have the option also to contribute to PR Newswire's premier US distribution for a greatly reduced fee.

  • Newswise is also now offering our subscribing journalists access to the ProfNet Query system from our "Expert Finder Tools" section.

    *Please note, PR Newswire privileges are only available to higher education institutions

Read more about these benefits at: http://www.newswise.com/special/prfnt_prn/. If you have further questions or comments about any of these new options, please contact us at 434-296-9417 or info@newswise.com.

Newswise continues to strive to help you promote your institution to the media and to members of the public.

Several participating institutions have already used this new service, and we have received a positive response from others, inclucing the following comments:
"I think this new partnership between Newswise and ProfNet is a great idea! It will undoubtedly be a valuable and efficient way for institutions like Gustavus Adolphus College to get additional visibility through media coverage."
—Stacia Senne, Gustavus Adolphus College
"This is fantastic! It's another value-added feature to Newswise."
—Steven Infanti, Wheeling Jesuit University
"Being able to send releases over PRNewsWire at a bargain price is a great new feature of membership in Newswise, especially for university news operations on a tight budget. I appreciate the innovative thinking of Roger Johnson and his team."
—Mimi Cunningham, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Your Individual Report


This is the thirty-fifth 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.

  • November 2004 Newswise Report (preliminary)

    (If your institution had contributed stories in November 2004, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)

    
    Table 1
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             Newswise November 2004 PRELIMINARY Report          
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              HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES 
                  By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY 
            (based on data gathered through 13-Dec-2004)
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         Number of        Type               Access  Counts    
          NOVEMBER         of             ---------------------
        News Releases     Story           TOTAL    Avg   Median
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     MEDNEWS LIBRARY
           245  Research or Feature      114708     468     412
             0  Policy                       --      --      --
            19  Announcement               4440     234     227
    
     SCINEWS LIBRARY
            84  Research or Feature       39569     471     420
             1  Policy                      246     246     246
            17  Announcement               4280     252     241
    
     LIFENEWS LIBRARY
           119  Research or Feature       42251     355     322
             1  Policy                      242     242     242
             7  Announcement               1759     251     246
             2  Higher Ed Event             447     224     224
    
     BIZNEWS LIBRARY
            23  Research or Feature       10977     477     443
             0  Policy                       --      --      --
             5  Announcement               1340     268     265
    
    

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    October 2004 Newswise Report (final)

    (If your institution had contributed stories in October 2004, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)

    
    Table 1
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               Newswise October 2004 FINAL Report          
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              HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES 
                  By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY 
            (based on data gathered through 13-Dec-2004)
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         Number of        Type               Access  Counts    
           OCTOBER         of             ---------------------
        News Releases     Story           TOTAL    Avg   Median
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     MEDNEWS LIBRARY
           321  Research or Feature      161791     504     452
             0  Policy                       --      --      --
            26  Announcement               8172     314     313
    
     SCINEWS LIBRARY
            72  Research or Feature       46364     644     572
             1  Policy                      304     304     304
            14  Announcement               4482     320     320
    
     LIFENEWS LIBRARY
            91**  Research or Feature     50000**   549**   475
             1    Policy                    384     384     384
            14    Announcement             4443     317     308
             5    Higher Ed Event          1652     330     341
    
     BIZNEWS LIBRARY
            30**  Research or Feature     22338**   745**   515
             0    Policy                     --      --      --
             7    Announcement             2580     369     374
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    ** NOTE on this month's statistics: we've omitted one story 
    from the above counts whose unusually large access counts 
    would have produced disproportionate averages. Below are 
    the statistics with this one story included:
    
     LIFENEWS LIBRARY
            92  Research or Feature       82324     895     475
     BIZNEWS LIBRARY
            31  Research or Feature       54662    1763     515
    
    
    
    

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    Journalists Respond

    "I am enjoying Newswise very much. It is a great resource to get ideas and information for some of our FOB pages."
    --Lindsey Aspinall, BEST LIFE Magazine
    "I would just like to congratulate you and your team at Newswise. While I was studying at university in 2000 I came across your service and found it invaluable. Now I am working for a major Australian newspaper and the information available is fantastic. It offers a great range of story ideas and invaluable contacts. Being based in Australia is a problem because a vast majority of stories are for American readers but there have been some I have been able to rework for an Australian audience because of the contacts available. Keep up the good work."
    --Juris Graney, Macquarie Advertiser

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    Success Stories

    American Neurological Association (ANA)

    The release "MRI Shows Brain Changes Underlying Language Deficits in Autism" was covered by:

    Health Orbit.ca
    Tulsa World.com
    MerckMedicus.com
    Medscape.com
    Onlypunjab.com
    PreventDisease.com
    Network of Care for Mental Health
    Science Daily.com
    DailySentinel.com
    WacoTrib.com
    GJSentinel.com
    Rocky Mountain Telegram
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution Online
    Reflector.com
    Daytona Daily News
    Springfield News-Sun
    Orlando Regional Healthcare
    Daily Advance
    Excite Health News
    Middletown Journal
    Palm Beach Post Online
    Baylor Health Care System
    Network of Care for Behavior Health
    St. John's Medical Center
    Community Memorial Hospital
    Abington Memorial Hospital
    Southern Illinois Healthcare
    Baptist East
    Parkview Health
    Deasoness Billings Clinic
    Carolinas Healthcare System
    HON News
    Barnes Jewish Hospital
    St. Jude Medical Center
    Memorial Hospital
    Memorial Healthcare
    NeurologyChannel.com
    DrugDigest.com
    Mental Health Matters.com
    Men's Health Network
    USA Today.com
    Healthscout.com
    Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
    Devereux.org
    Atlanticare.org
    News-Journal.com
    Health East Care System
    Community Health Network
    Freeman Health
    Yale New Haven Health
    Wilson Medical Center
    Ochsner Clinic Foundation
    St. Joseph Hospital
    St. Andrews Healthcare
    Hancock Memorial Hospital
    The Iowa Clinic
    DrKoop.com
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Cedar-Sinai Hospital
    Doctor.com
    PersonalMD.com
    Holland Community Hospital
    Reid Hospital & Health Care Services (source:
    Health Day News)
    iWon.com Health
    Memorial Medical
    Northwest Community Healthcare
    Baptist Regional
    My Way Health
    North Shore L.I. Jewish Health System (source:
    Health Day News)
    Healthfinder.gov
    DiscoveryHealth.com
    Healthscout.com
    iVillage.com
    Forbes.com
    Health Central.com
    MedicineNet.com
    Go Triad.com
    Health Day.com
    Medi-lexicon.com
    Science Blog.com
    123Bharath.com
    Medical News Today.com
    WebIndia 123.com
    New Kerala.com
    MSN Health
    PSL Group
    Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and
    Audiologists
    Advance for Imaging & Radiation Therapy
    Professionals
    Autismconnect.com (UK)
    Health News Digest.com
    WebMD
    Doctor's Guide.com
    News-Medical.net
    United Press International


    McGill University

    The release "Birth Control Pill May Reduce Knee Injury" appeared in:

    Joint and Bone online
    Health Magazine
    Washington Post Health Section
    Parents Magazine
    Ivanhoe Broadcast News
    KFI News
    ESPN
    The Medical Post
    National Post
    Gazette
    Elle
    Self Magazine
    Woman's World


    University of Michigan Health System

    The release "Computer Program Helps Doctors Diagnose Lung Cancer" was covered by:

    HealthDay
    Yahoo! News
    Forbes
    Health & Age
    Women's Cancer Network


    Also from the University of Michigan Health System, the release "Life After Vioxx: What to Do?" appeared in:

    Wall Street Journal
    USA Today
    Washington Post
    UPI
    Cornell Women's Health Letter
    Glamour
    Canadian Press


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