Welcome to the latest edition of the University media digest which covers major media appearances during the month of May.

During that time, media appearances relating to the University created over 29 million opportunities to view and hear stories via print, broadcast and online outlets. The advertising equivalent value of these appearances in print and via commercial broadcast media reached £362,969.

Below is a selection of stories which reached national and international audiences:

Simon-Boxall-150x128Ocean comments

Oceanographer Dr Simon Boxall commented on the issues of searching at sea and ocean conditions for the search for the lost vessel Cheeki Rafiki to Sky News, BBC News Channel, BBC South Today, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Solent, BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, a number of regional BBC radio stations and various news agencies for press.

Dr Boxall also continued to comment on the missing Malaysian plane MH370, providing updates for BBC Breakfast, South China Morning Post, CTV News Channel (US), CNN and NBC.

 

JUsing JeDI to search for jellyfish

The Daily Mail, Times of India, Daily Echo, Environmental Monitor, The Ecologist and various science websites reported on a new research project, led by Dr Cathy Lucas from Ocean and Earth Science, which maps the global jellyfish population.

Read our press release here.

 

Bone cells CTG on trab bone3D printed hip implant

Doctors and scientists from the University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital completed their first ground breaking hip surgery with a 3D printed implant and bone stem cell graft. The story was widely covered by media outlets including Sky News, BBC South Today, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, i-newspaper and the Engineer. The Sky News feature was also broadcast on CBS TV outlets throughout the United States.

                                           Read our press release here.

 

Head on Mosquito PortraitCombating malaria with mobiles

Geographer Dr Andy Tatem was interviewed on the BBC World Service programme Newsday about his research using mobile phone data to help track population movements and tackle the spread of malaria more effectively in Namibia. The story was also covered on National Public Radio outlets across the United States.

 

 

will mayPoetry on woman’s hour

Dr Will May from English was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about the life of poet Stevie Smith.

 

 

If you have a story, or are undertaking research that you think might be of interest to the press, please contact us on press@soton.ac.uk. You can also view a more comprehensive listing of the University’s latest media coverage at http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/in_the_news/current.shtml