Rotary, Gates make news worldwide

Rotary International News
6 February 2009

The 21 January announcement that Rotary accepted a second challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which will generate US$555 million for polio eradication, has received media attention from news organizations worldwide, resulting in more than 300 news stories.

The broadcast news coverage was also significant, including the BBC Network and more than 40 TV news stories across the United States. The TV audience in the United States was approximately 2.1 million viewers.*The day after the announcement, press outreach was conducted by the National PolioPlus committees in Nigeria and India resulting in national media coverage in both countries.

Highlights of news coverage

CNN
Associated Press
Agence France-Presse Reuters
The New York Times
Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
The Economic Times (India)
Chicago Tribune
PC WorldBloomberg
USA Today
The Economist
Newsweek
MSN

Europe
BBC News
La Repubblica
Europa Press
Spiegel Online
Immedia Press
Romandie News
Teleac
Irish Times
PR Newswire

Latin America and Caribbean
Reuters Latin America
Yahoo en Español
O Estado de São Paulo (Brazil)
Hacer Comunidad (Argentina)
El Universo (Ecuador)

South Asia and Middle East
The Tribune (India)
The Hindu
Tehran Times
The News (Pakistan)

Asia-Pacific
The Korea Times
The Strait Times (Singapore)
Sydney Morning Herald Africa
The Africa Leader
All Africa
The Guardian (Nigeria)
Zimbabwe Star

Canada
CBC NewsThe Calgary Sun
The Toronto Sun

Television coverage as of 27 January
KCAL-TV 9 Los Angeles CBS affliate
KNTV-TV 11 (NBC) San Francisco
NBC San Diego KING-TV 5

Early Morning News - Seattle/Tacoma *U.S. television coverage reached 2,087,148 viewers, based on Nielsen audience ratings.