(University of Missouri-Columbia) Traditional media, such as newspapers and television news, require readers and viewers to intentionally seek out news by picking up a newspaper or turning on the television. The Internet and new technologies now are changing the way readers consume online news. New research from the University of Missouri shows that Internet...
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Today in Moronia
- Gail Collins: ‘Instantly, like a daffodil in spring, a new committee popped up’
- Extract of Chinese herb kudzu reduces alcohol consumption
- California school food standards change teens eating habits for the better
- New male birth control procedure said to be 100% effective, completely reversible
- Video of police fatally beating homeless man causes spectators to leave courtroom
- Gene Weingarten is alarmed at how cheap he’d sell his moral integrity
- Plants use perfume to attract beneficial bacteria to their roots
- Privatized prison labor competes with regular business at 93 cents a day
- There is no invisible hand
- Does Mitt Romney support paid sick days for working mothers?
Press Release
Newspapers should target what online readers find as much as what they’re looking for
Report: Clean Energy Economy Generates Significant Job Growth
Contact: Brandon MacGillis, 202-88… and Andrew McDonald, 202-55… Washington, DC – 06/10/2009 – The number of jobs in America’s emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and 2007, according to a report (PDF) released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew developed a clear, data-driven...
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Better-fed children grow into smarter adults
Early-Life Nutrition May Be Associated With Adult Intellectual Functioning Media Contact: Ashante Dobbs adobbs2@emory.edu (404) 727-5692 Adults who had improved nutrition in early childhood may score better on intellectual tests, regardless of the number of years they attended school, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,...
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