National, State and Hometown Media Coverage
News Bureau International, National, State and Hometown Placements
Week of May 20, 2013
John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology, found the popular cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin, previously sold with the brand name “Zocor,” reduced exercise benefits for obese and overweight adults. Thyfault says cardiologists should more closely weigh the benefits and risks of statins given this new data about their effect on exercise. The Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology is jointly administered by the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, the College of Human Environmental Sciences and the School of Medicine. Thyfault has a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the MU School of Medicine.
05/15/13 Asia News International (international news service)
05/15/13 eurekalert.org (#9 science news website)
05/15/13 Science Daily (#2 science news website)
05/16/13 Futurity (top story) (AAU research news website)
05/16/13 Huffington Post (#7 most visited news website)
*This story has appeared in more than 125 international, national and regional media outlets
Stephanie Craft, an associate professor in the School of Journalism, and former School of Journalism doctoral students Seth Ashley, who is now on the faculty at Boise State University, and Adam Maksl, who is now on the faculty at Indiana University Southeast, have developed a survey to measure news literacy and tested it with a key population demographic: teenagers. She says this survey instrument can be a helpful tool in teaching teens critical thinking skills regarding information they are exposed to through the media.
04/16/13 Associated Press
04/16/13 Seattle Post Intelligencer
04/16/13 Atlanta Journal-Constitution (#36 U.S. newspaper)
04/16/13 Connecticut Post
04/16/13 Kansas City Star (#28 U.S. newspaper)
04/16/13 KSDK-TV St. Louis, MO (#21 U.S. television market)
*This story has appeared in more than 25 national, state and local media outlets
Kevin Moore, associate professor of agriculture economics in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, teaches “Returning to the Farm,” a class that prepares students to overcome the financial and personal hurdles of becoming a farmer.
05/11/13 ABC News
05/14/13 The Memphis Commercial Appeal
05/17/13 Houston Chronicle
05/17/13 Fresno Bee
05/18/13 Austin American-Statesman
*This story has appeared in more than 475 national, state and local media outlets