Leading the way in 1999 on new developments in research, emerging technology, or in various areas of expertise, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln made headlines among its campus community publications, local and regional media and across the nation - and the world.

Positive news featuring UNL's expert sources, research, developments, programs or specialties are a recognized way to benefit the university's recruitment, development and reputation among alumni, higher education leaders and potential students of promise, and among potential markets the world over.

Beginning in 1997 the Office of Public Relations at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Office of Communications and Information Technology in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources launched a focused initiative to increase the visibility of the university beyond the Great Plains. Since then, the people, programs and research at UNL has received increasing media attention regionally, nationally and even internationally.

With the development in 1999 of the Institutional Marketing Team, and the adoption in 2000 of its institutional marketing plan, the emphasis on national news placement has become an area of growing importance. As UNL seeks to secure its reputation as a top-notch academic institution, its faculty and staff seeks to incorporate these themes in various messages and medium throughout the nation: To its constituents, potential students, peer educators, alumni and benefactors.

Increasing awareness of UNL's academic successes among readers and audiences of various prominent national media is a strategy that will continue to reward the university long after the headlines have been read.

We invite you to share in the goals and successes of our national news placement efforts; we seek your assistance in alerting our public relations professionals of potential national news stories, and we thank you for your efforts. Often national media placement requires fast action and efforts above and beyond our regular duties. These efforts, quick action and aggressiveness are congratulated.

Included in this special national media wrap-up are many of our successes over the past year, ranging from national broadcast features to front pages to headlines in emerging 'e-zines.' We hope that by recognizing these efforts, the support for national media placement continues to build, and that we can all share in the success of our team efforts.

For more information, or to offer story ideas, please contact Kelly Bartling, national news editor, (402) 472-2059, or Dan Moser, coordinator of IANR News and Publishing, at (402) 472-3030.

Voices of the Millennium

The continuing CNN special feature "Voices of the Millennium" made regular visits to campus seeking interviews for a variety of topics. Several faculty and students appeared on CNN, April 29, on Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd Ambrosius; April 22, The Printing Press, Carol Levin; and Sept. 7 on Queen Elizabeth I; Sept. 15, Great Inventions, Sang Lee on technology; Oct. 11, Lloyd Ambrosius on Machiavelli; Dec. 14, Sang Lee on Achieving Success.

Agriculture

Soybean Digest often called on University of Nebraska ag experts. In June, the magazine featured comments by ag economist Doug Jose on soybean acreage, management and marketing; and on a study by Roger Elmore's team on specialty soybean yields. In November, "Crops keep getting smarter," and "Bt acreage climbs but trouble brews," quoted entomologist John Foster. "Tire tests raise traction questions," quoted ag engineer Leonard Bashard, tractor testing lab. In January, Soybean Digest quoted Deb Rood, of ag economics, on the future of agriculture; also quoted weed specialist Jeff Rawlinson on weeds and yields; and crop specialist Bob Klein on weed control vs. crop damage.

Speakers and discussion at the National Agricultural Biotchnology Council's June annual meeting in Lincoln, hosted by UNL, drew wide media interest. Among the feature coverage: Associated Press national news, the cover of Agweek June 14 and August's Seed Trade News magazine.

Wichita Falls (Texas) Times Record News July 18 featured farm women and Nebraska's women in farming conference, quoted Deb Rood, ag economics.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, in a Sept. 11 story on new grass variety, cited NU's research on buffalo grass varieties and mentioned turf scientist Terry Riordan. IANR's buffalo grass research was also featured last spring on WDAF-TV in Kansas City.

Farm Industry News, September, featured in its crop briefs the stateís first hard white wheat, Nuplains, developed by NU and USDA plant breeders, which also earned statewide acclaim. The new wheat was also mentioned in the September issue of Farm Industry News and other publications.

The Detroit News, Sept. 21 and Sept. 16 cited a study by the University of Nebraska, Purdue and North Carolina universities, on soybean hybrids.

September issue of Successful Farming: "Storage solutions" cited an IANR report by biological systems engineers Robert Grisso and David Jones.

National Hog Farmer, October issue, cited NU research on wean to finish performance.

The Des Moines Register, Dec. 12, quoted ag economist Roy Frederick on farmers' and ranchers' economic pinch. The story circulated in the Midwest, including the Bismarck Tribune Dec. 8, after an Omaha AP story on "Calls to Farm Crisis Hotline."

Discovery

Science magazine Jan. 15, 1999 previewed results from genetic engineers and crop photosynthesis on a University of Nebraska-Lincoln project; sidebar on "Crop Scientists Seek a New Revolution" quoted Kenneth S. Cassman, agronomy department head.

Textiles professor Patricia Crews was spotlighted in a widely distributed television news report by Inside Science, in June. Crews discovered that washing cotton clothing in standard detergents containing brightening agents dramatically increases the clothing's sun protection levels. The reports are seen across the nation in major markets such as Boston, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Detroit.

ABC News Saturday Night, Sept. 2, mentioned John Janovy's discovery of a snail in Lincoln, as demonstrated by correspondent Robert Krulwich. The segment was on "Brave New World," and how species adapt, DNA, and evolution.

Pill-Soon Song's research development on plant molecule and plant growth earned acclaim. This story, released in October, continued to circulate through November, appearing in numerous different outlets, mostly in news briefs. In addition to being on Paul Harvey and the Sunday Times in London, CBS News, and "The Osgood File," (CBS) during October, in November it was cited in "Insight on the News," Times Picayune, New Orleans; Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Idaho Falls Post Register, Florida Times Union, Philadelphia Enquirer, among others.

Oct. 11, Associated Press state and regionally, "UNL researchers examine condition of the USS Arizona," highlighted NU research by Donald Johnson, John Makinson and Bill Weins, engineering, on on-going research project on the USS Arizona. The NU metal engineers studying the corrosion on the USS Arizona (sunken Pearl Harbor destroyer) The research was featured in the Arizona Republic Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor anniversary) and in the Arizona Associated Press.

The Richmond Times Dispatch, Oct. 14, "Bone of Contention: Wyoming excavation brings to fore controversy over dinosaur fossil digs," cited Robert Hunt, paleontology, on fossil data.

Al Kamil's research on animal recognition and evolutionary biology was the subject of a New York Newsday feature Dec. 20. Also quoted was Rick Bevins.

In "New Scientist," Jan. 15, "When good bugs turn bad," featured Svata Louta, population ecologist and researcher of thistles and weevils. She and Amy Arnett discovered that introduced weevils have turned from thistles, a noxious weed, to native grasses and Platte thistles and Pitcher's thistles, a threatened species.

"New Scientist" Jan. 29, wrote on Diana Pilson's research on seed pests' effects on wild sunflowers.

UPI Farming Today, Nov. 24, featured food scientist Andy Benson's breakthrough E.coli research and its publication in the Nov. 9 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science magazine. The Associated Press moved the story nationally, along with Agriculture OnLine

Rural Economies

Boston Globe, in a feature on labor shortage and the creativity it has prompted among regional businesses, quoted Charles Lamphear and the Bureau of Business Research study on labor in a Sept. 5 edition.

In an article by Stevenson Swanson of the Chicago Tribune, May 30, a study of migration patterns of Nebraskans out of state by The Bureau of Business Research was cited in an article about steps being taken to plug the Nebraska "brain drain." Highlighted as an example is the Peter Kiewit Institute of Information Sciences, Technology and Engineering.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram July 25 featured a look at agriculture's suffering while the U.S. economy thrives. Rural sociologist John Allen of the Center for Rural Community Revitalization and Development was quoted on recent polls and future of the far-reaching effects of the farm crisis. In The Chicago Tribune, Sept. 11, "Infohighway still a dirt road in rural areas: Wiring countryside for Internet a huge challenge," John Allen was quoted on the dilemmas of attracting young workers to rural areas.

Calgary Herald, Oct. 7, quoted on "Remote regions struggle to connect with society," discussing rural Internet connection.

In the Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, Allen's rural poll is cited in a front page story by Scott Kilman that takes a nuanced look at the Midwest farmers caught in the middle of the debate that's raging over biotech food. "Once Quick Converts, Midwest Farmers Lose Faith in Biotech Crops."

The Los Angeles Times, Dec. 7, in a front page feature, "Labor pinch has Midwest pitching woo," reports how Nebraska and Iowa are reaching out to California transplants, recruiting them home. It said the alumni association is attacking alumni gatherings in Ontario and Orange County, and economic development officials are pursuing former ties to the Midwest to lure alums and transplants "back to the good life."

Campus life/students/faculty

Tim Gay's "Physics Lessons to Thousands," ("Physics and football" on HuskerVision) as pursued by "ABC World News Tonight," was the nightly segment-ender on World News Tonight. The feature by Bob Jamieson, broadcast Nov. 15. It also was featured on the ABC News Website. Also interviewed were several football players, with Adam Julch appearing on the telecast.

The Baltimore Sun, Dec. 21, "Physicists in pursuit of the common touch," on relevance of science to the 'ordinary person,' Gay's physics and football was used as the lead anecdote.

The Denver Rocky Mountain News featured a preview of trumpet professor Darryl White and his band, Pretext, who were to appear at a Denver stop in June.

The Houston Chronicle, Aug. 22, in a story on Cliffs Notes, gave background on the industry, and quotes a librarian at Love Library. "This is a scholarly place," he says. "No, we don't carry (Cliffs Notes)."

Cliff Hillegass' establishment of the Hillegass chair in English Literature was picked up by: San Antonio Express-News, Orlando Sentinel, Austin American-Statesman, Baltimore Sun, Florida Times Union, Minneapolis Star Tribune, "ABC News Good Morning America" (Nov. 25), Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Chattanooga Times, Dayton Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Florida Press Journal, Ventura County Star, "ABC World News Tonight" (Nov. 24), USA Today. Albany (NY) Times Union, The Des Moines Register Nov. 26, and Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The New York Times in September featured the new Peter Kiewit Institute of Information Science, Technology and Engineering, along with several other regional publications on the occasion of its opening.

U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 6, lists the University of Nebraska as one of many increasing the amount of merit scholarships to attract students of promise.

The Bangkok Post June 2 reported Bangkok University and UNL would start Thailand's first Ph.D. course in business administration. Students were to spend their first year in Bangkok and two subsequent semesters in the U.S.

The French publication Magic Patch, a magazine for quilters, featured the International Quilt Study Center and the Textiles and Clothing Design department research, teaching and outreach programs.

The Bismarck Tribune, May 21, previewed performances by Mark Klemetsrud of the Marquis de Mores at the Chateau de Mores in Medora. Klemetsrud teaches acting and speech at NU.

The New York Times, March 25, in a story "For Serious Lincoln Scholars, Chances for New Discoveries," quoted James Rawley, history, a Lincoln scholar.

The Houston Chronicle July 13 featured the independent study high school's availability to teens studying at the Houston Ballet Academy. Britney Spears was studying through the independent study high school, leading to many widely circulating rumors Spears would be on campus for her freshman-level fall classes, thus reported in the Tacoma News Tribune July 27.

The country's six best high school math students preparing for the Math Olympiad were featured on National Public Radio "All Things Considered" June 27, weekend edition. They studied in a UNL classroom.

David Cahan, a historian of German physics, was quoted in a story Aug. 31 in The New York Times: "Einstein, Confused in Love and, Sometimes, Physics."

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 10, noted the space constraints at NU in the on-campus residence halls, quoted Housing Director Doug Zatechka, and went on to cite other housing crunches at universities. In "The annual squeeze into hotels, homes, and those dreaded 'converted triples'" The Times-Picayune of New Orleans cited the Chronicle report about room shortages at UNL.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 22, "U. of Nebraska's class.com hooks up with Kentucky School" featured class.com's success, prominently. In a sidebar, same day, "As distance-learning boom spreads, colleges help set up virtual high schools" quoted universities around the country on their successes with creating virtual high schools, again, cited class.com The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., Oct. 8, "Kentucky will put classes on Internet," related that the UNL Internet class has been marketed and will be used by Kentucky Virtual High School, through class.com Inc.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Dec. 10, in its information technology section, featured "2 More Universities Start Diploma-Granting Virtual High Schools," on Indiana University and the University of Missouri at Columbia. The story pointed out that UNL was the first, cited its experience with the virtual high school in Kentucky, and quoted John Blair, class.com president.

USA Today, Oct. 19, featured sports programs and their positive impact on student athletes, and prominently featured Dan Alexander.

In a column in the Oct. 31 Chicago Tribune, writer Alfred Borcover traveled Interstate 80 and stopped off in Lincoln, visiting Morrill Hall, which he mentions kindly in his column "It's Drive Time: Getting reacquainted with the real U.S." Borcover, in his year-end travel column, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 2, 2000 said his visit to Nebraska State Museum and the woolly mammoth fossil exhibit was memorable.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 19, in a story on distance learning, quoted and featured Marty Dickman's plant pathology course using Internet 2.

The Christian Science Monitor Dec. 2 on the unrest over WTO and trade, quoted political scientist John Hibbing.

A Washington Post story Dec. 25 on training Native American teachers cited briefly the University of Nebraska.

On National Public Radio, "All Things Considered," Dec. 27, extension water law specialist David Aiken gave comments on air about water rights. The story was on Poland, Maine, residents' worry about the Poland Spring water company draining the aquifer for its bottled water product.

Jon Ritz, English, had a guest essay in the Chicago Tribune Dec. 19, "Religious Literature Leads Some to Revelations: Language of the Spirit."

The Albuquerque Journal, Jan. 24, 1999 quoted David Cochran, professor of industrial engineering, an expert on ergonomics, and a consultant for OSHA.

Criminal Justice

The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 12, on a story on "Police develop 'military mind set'" quoted Sam Walker on an incident with Albuquerque's SWAT unit.

Los Angeles Times, Oct. 21, in a story on police conduct in a sensitive case, quoted Walker, criminal justice. Walker was on CBS News This Morning April 26, talking about New York police minority recruitment

The Fulton County Daily Report, Georgia, Oct. 21, "Time to demilitarize law enforcement," quoted Walker, who was hired to investigate the Albuquerque police department.

Seattle Weekly, Oct. 28, and Dec. 23 quoted Walker on civilian review. So did The Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Columbus Dispatch, Dec. 19.

APBnews.com, Jan. 5, in a story on "Stopping the bully cycle," cited an NU survey on bullying. On Jan. 6, in a followup story, quoted Walker on police force and accountability. The Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 17, in a report on cops killing 15 suspects in Salt Lake City, Walker was quoted at length.

"Legal Times," Oct. 18, quoted Walker, in a story on SWAT teams and liberty and safety rights.

Family Life

The Christian Science Monitor, June 3, quoted Victoria Weisz, clinical psychologist at the Center for Children, Families and the Law, on discipline, families and others.

US News & World Report, Sept. 13, "How Kids Learn," quoted Ross Thompson on how the environment stimulates infants, and neuroscience and developmental psychology. The Indianapolis News, Sept. 22, quoted Ross Thompson on "Producing 'brainy babies.'"

"Today's School Psychologist," in an article Sept. 16 on bullying, quoted research by Susan Swearer on bullying. Story in Seattle Post-Intelligencer on "Schoolyard Tyrants," quoted Swearer and cited research.

The Courier-Journal of Indiana, Sept. 23, discussed a grant to Reece Peterson from the U.S. Department of Education to study violence prevention. This is in conjunction with a researcher at Indiana University.

US News and World Report, Nov. 29, "The Uses and Abuses of Cinderella," on 'evil' stepfathers or stepmothers, quoted Lynn White, sociology.

The Washington Times Nov. 16 cited research done at NU by Paul Amato and Joan Gilbreth on fathers and divorce.

Business

The Nightly Business Report (PBS) June 4 included a panel with ag economist Roy Frederick on pork production.

"Entrepreneur," June 1999, in a story 'Biz 101,' categorized Entrepreneurial Centers as a business resource, cited NU as providing specialized and general information to students and non-student clients.

The Orange County Register, Sept 27 cover story on entrepreneur stess lists guidelines by health psychologist Wesley Sime.

PC Week, Oct. 4, in the "University of IT" asks: "Can the new breed of IT school move fast enough to close the skills gap? They cite Pennsylvania State University and the University of Nebraska as successes in delivering skills corporations are really looking for. PC Week Oct. 11, in "University of IT" and collegiate IT training programs, said NU was one of a few schools "working to build a new generation of schools that may begin to deliver the skills corporations are really looking for."

Business Wire Dec. 14 featured a lengthy story on class.com, the Independent Study High School and how class.com completed an agreement with Great Plains National to market the direct study course. On Dec. 1, the same wire service featured class.com's agreement with Southeast Kansas Education Service Center at Greenbush, detailing the class.com program.

Chicago Tribune Jan. 2, 2000 in a story on technology, "The downside of technology: You're always on the job," quoted Allan McCutcheon, Gallup Research Center, saying more online time leads to more connects at work and home.

Computer Reseller News, Oct. 4, in a brief relates the chair endowed by Jeff Raikes.

USA Weekend, Dec. 5, featured the UNL entrepreneurship program, the Kauffman Foundation, quoted several grad students and interns in a page 6 feature, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"

University Press

The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 7, "Publishing's black hole: books in translation," quotes University of Nebraska Press editor Gary Durham on the genre of translations.

University of Nebraska Press standout "Childhood," by Patrick Chamoiseau, received critical acclaim in The Seattle Times, Dec. 19, also in Los Angeles Times Dec. 5 under "Best Books of 1999," as well as The New York Times book list. It was featured briefly in The New York Times June 27 "Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows" by Chamoiseau, was heralded in The New York Times (Jan. 16).

Gary Moulton's expertise on Lewis and Clark and his historic writings were featured in the travel section of the Spokane Spokemsan-Review; and in features in The Seattle Times and Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 16. Moulton was quoted describing the significance of the collection which was sold to Lewis and Clark College last year.

"Land of Many Colors and Nanna-Ya" by Maryse Conde was featured in the New York Times May 23.

"Lives and Letters of an Immigrant Family," edited by Kenneth Kronenberg, was featured in the Christian Science Monitor May 27.

The Washington Times, May 30, featured "Henry James on Culture: Collected Essays on Politics and the American Social Scene," edited by Pierre A. Walker.

The Chronicle of Higher Education June 4 included an excerpt in a section on suburbia from Tobin Seibers' book, "Among Men."

"Weldon Kees'" collection was featured in The New York Times April 30

Development

Cliff Hillegass' $250,000 contribution and chair for the English Department received play all the way to the top. This went out on the state wire Nov. 23, on to the national wire, where it was picked up by: San Antonio Express-News, Orlando Sentinel, Austin American-Statesman, Baltimore Sun, Florida Times Union, Minneapolis Star Tribune, "ABC News Good Morning America", Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Chattanooga Times, Dayton Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Florida Press Journal, Ventura County Star, "ABC World News Tonight", USA Today. Albany (NY) Times Union, The Des Moines Register Nov. 26, and Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The Chronicle of Higher Education Dec. 17 listed Jeff Raikes' endowment for chair in plant sciences under its Gifts & Bequests listings

Alumni

Gerry Thomas, business grad, was featured in several news outlets for his invention of the TV dinner in 1954. Among the newspapers: Chattanooga Times/Free Press.

Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist and best-selling author of "Reviving Ophelia," was featured in People magazine June 28 in a story "Urging Baby Boomers to stay in tune with their elderly parents' needs." Also featured May 30 in the Bergen County, N.J. Record and the Chicago Tribune.

Alumni and Husker fans' love for Runzas was featured in a food story in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette June 16. Several former Nebraskans were quoted. "And as wandering Nebraskans and graduates from the University of Nebraska chase jobs across the country, their yearning for Runza goes with them" the story said. Runza-like recipes were featured for the homesick.

Biotechnology

Biotechnology and genetic engineering dominated the national and international news through 1999, and numerous media sources turned to experts at the University of Nebraska for information on seeds, insects, genetics and biological engineering.

Steve Taylor, head of Food Science and Technology at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, testified to Congress in October, at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Basic Research, Plant Genome Science, "From the Lab to the Field to the Market, Part III" prompting numerous national news stories. His research on plant allergens and genetics was cited in numerous news stories.

John Foster, entomology, was part of a biotechnology symposium which scrutinized research on monarch butterflies.

A sampling of headlines from across the nation:

Consumer Reports, in a September report "Seeds of Change," dissected the genetically altered food research and consumer impacts. They mentioned the soybean and nut allergy research by Steve Taylor at NU. The Sun-Sentinel of Ft. Lauderdale quoted Taylor on the testing done by biotech companies meeting or exceeding standards, Sept. 15. The Washington Post, Aug. 15, front page: "Biotech Food Raises a Crop of Questions," featured Steve Taylor, biotech research.

Other mentions in newspapers: The Sacramento Bee, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Cox News Service, National Post, (Canada) Financial Times of London, Wall Street Journal Nov. 5 on risks of allergic reactions from genetically modified foods.

The Washington Times, Sept. 20, "Butterflies bearing grenades," featured a commentary by entomologist John E. Foster on biotechnology. Oct. 8, an editorial in Nature cited research by Foster. Similar reports were in The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 2, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Washington Post, New York Times and Chemical News & Intelligence, and The Irish Times.

Food Labeling News March 24 cited research and quoted food scientist Susan Hefle, co-director of Food Allergy Research and Resource Program; so did Food Chemical News, National Post. Hefle had a letter published Oct. 18 in Time magazine on a biotechnology study. USA Today, Dec. 6, in Life story, "Vague labels gnaw away at choices for peanut-allergic," quoted Hefle, noting a tenth of a milligram of peanut butter in a machine can trigger a nut-allergic reaction. The story was also picked up by several Gannett affiliates, including the Asheville Citizen-Times. The San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 14, had a story on a protest in Oakland on the safety fears of genetically altered food, and cited Susan Hefle.

Entomologist Blair Siegfried was quoted in the Associated Press in Illinois Nov. 3 on the pollen exposure risks to monarch butterflies.

New Scientist, Dec. 18, in "Run, Radish, Run," quoted plant pathologist Anne Vidaver on engineered crop bioweapons.

Drought

Widespread drought plagued parts of the Midwest and Northeast and prompted hundreds of calls for expertise and media commentary at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Director Don Wilhite and staff members Mark Svoboda and Mike Hayes appeared on numerous television and radio programs, and among the headlines of the nation's newspapers and magazines.

A sampling of the headlines:

In "Ask Tom Why" for WGN Chicago and Chicago Tribune, Don Wilhite was quoted on La Niña's effects on drought, May 4. Weatherwise, May/June issue, targeted to climatologists and meterologists, quoted Wilhite, about drought's "Rodney Dangerfield" persona: It doesn't get any respect. IANR News supplied a photo.

The New York Times April 22, "New Drought Cuts Into Livestock in Texas," quotes Wilhite and incorporates comments on La Niña and drought.

"Across a Parched Land, New Signs of a Hotter Era" headlined The New York Times Sunday, Aug. 1, quoted Mark Svoboda and used material from the Drought Mitigation Center. The New York Times April 22, on livestock in Texas, quoted Wilhite; The Washington Post Aug. 1, in "Just How Bad is it Anyway?" U.S. News and World Report, Aug. 9, reports "A hot, dry puzzling summer: Weird weather patterns prevail," uses DMC map, quotes Wilhite.

Other headlines: Chattanooga Times/Free Press; USA Today, Sept. 2 The Ottawa Citizen, Sept. 14, cited the National Drought Mitigation Center, and quoted Mike Hayes. So did the Houston Chronicle, Sept. 14, The Raleigh, N.C., News and Observer, and the Richmond Times Dispatch, Sept. 16, Durham, N.C., Herald Sun, Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Chicago Tribune, July 28, features "Summer of drought for much of U.S." Mark Svoboda was quoted. Svoboda was also quoted in a feature July 30 on National Public Radio. On July 27, ABC News featured drought on its Nightly News cast. John Cronin, in an op-ed piece in The New York Times, "It's Time We Got Smart About Drought," cited the National Drought Mitigation Center and quoted Wilhite. The widespread drought, particularly in Texas and other parts of the south, was again prominent throughout November in news coming from Dallas, Texas AP.