Recently, Newswise staff members investigated how many of our subscribing journalists at the New York Times used news releases distributed through Newswise. We had startling results and have documented them for you in this report.
After carefully matching up NY Times stories from November 1, 2001 to January 31, 2002 against news releases which had been submitted to Newswise we found:
Three New York Times journalists who subscribe to Newswise wires regularly wrote articles based on news releases sent on our wires. Twenty of the stories written by these three journalists from November to January were from Newswise. The chart below lists these stories by journalist. We have included the date the news release was submitted to Newswise, a link to the release on our site, the submitting institution, the date the story was published in the New York Times and a link to the New York Times article.
While it is not possible to prove that these reporters used Newswise as the source for the story, the pattern indicates that they did.
| NW Date | Newswise Filename | Institution | NYTimes Date | NYTimes Story |
| 1-26-02 | COLON2.JHM |
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions | 1-31-02 | New Gene Test May Provide Early Signs of Colon Cancer |
| 1-11-02 | LACTOSE.UCL |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences | 1-14-02 | As Scientists Pinpoint the Genetic Reason for Lactose Intolerance, Unknowns Remain |
| 1-11-02 | ACCRED.UMI |
University of Michigan | 1-22-02 | What Hospitals' Scores Don't Measure |
| 1-10-02 | STROKE14.HRT |
American Heart Association (AHA) | 1-22-02 | M.R.I. Zooms In on Stroke Candidates |
| 1-8-02 | MCP2.MMC |
Mayo Clinic | 1-22-02 | Piercing's Popularity, Beyond the Ears |
| 1-3-02 | STROKE13.HRT |
American Heart Association (AHA) |
1-29-02 | Linking Anxiety, Depression and Strokes |
| 12-21-01 | KINGSLEY.SUM |
Stanford University Medical Center | 1-8-02 | Genes Help Identify Oldest Human Population |
| 12-19-01 | PACIFIER.ADA |
American Dental Association (ADA) | 1-1-02 | Experts Revisit Perils of Thumb-Sucking |
| 12-15-01 | JAVAJOLT.UAZ |
University of Arizona | 1-1-02 | A Pick-Me-Up for Sagging Mental Acuity |
| 12-15-01 | WOMEN2.AAN |
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) | 1-1-02 | A Gain From Hormone Replacement |
| 12-4-01 | FATSTUDY.PUR |
Purdue University | 12-11-01 | On the Tongue, Fat Passes Taste Test |
| 11-21-01 | SIBLING.MSU |
Michigan State University | 12-4-01 | Asthma Risk Often Begins Before Birth |
| 11-15-01 | EBVIRUS.TMB |
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | 11-27-01 | Off to Mars, Then to the Drugstore |
| 11-14-01 | OSTROFF.MSK |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | 11-27-01 | Help for Those Willing to Kick a Habit |
| 11-10-01 | ATTITUDE.JHM |
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions | 11-27-01 | In Heart Disease, Head Can Be an Ally |
| 11-10-01 | GARLIC.ASM |
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) | 11-27-01 | Keeping Malaria at Bay, With Garlic |
| 11-10-01 | LYME.ASM |
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) | 11-20-01 | Lyme Ticks May Be Rolling on the River |
| 11-6-01 | PAIN2.AAN |
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) | 11-20-01 | Easing Pain Rooted in Nervous System |
| 11-1-01 | DOWNS.UMI |
University of Michigan | 11-13-01 | Early Walking for Babies With Down's |
| 11-1-01 | RESTENOS.HRT |
American Heart Association (AHA) | 11-13-01 | After Angioplasty, Silent Symptoms |
