https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Media reporting of health interventions: signs of improvement, but major problems persist https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:6937 Wed 11 Apr 2018 15:48:16 AEST ]]> Sources and coverage of medical news on front pages of US newspapers https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:6944 96%; kappa, >0.92) and the news sources of each target story (interrater agreement, >94%; kappa, >0.91). National rankings of the top 200 US newspapers by audited circulation were used to quantify the extent of coverage as the proportion of the total circulation of ranked newspapers in Newseum. Findings: In total, 1630 front pages were searched. Each medical story appeared on the front pages of 85 to 117 (67.5%-78.7%) ranked newspaper titles that had a cumulative daily circulation of 23.1 to 33.4 million, or 61.8% to 88.4% of all newspapers. In contrast, the non-medical story achieved front-page coverage in 152 (99.3%) newspaper titles with a total circulation of 41.0 million, or 99.8% of all newspapers. Front-page medical stories varied in their sources, but the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and the Associated Press together supplied 61.7% of the total coverage of target front-page medical stories. Conclusion: Front-page coverage of medical news from different sources is more accurately revealed by analysis of circulation counts rather than of newspaper titles. Journals wishing to widen knowledge of research news and organizations with important health announcements should target at least the four dominant media organizations identified in this study.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 13:16:45 AEST ]]>