IHT Media Report for 1 December 2025 – 31 January 2026
Coverage by Media Type
Total mentions by media type in 1 December 2025 – 31 January 2026.
Potential Audience Reach
12,866,446 over 61 days (1 December 2025 – 31 January 2026)
Cumulative potential audience reach by media type for 1 December 2025 – 31 January 2026.
IHT Media Appearances
Professor Catherine Bennett appeared extensively across ABC News, ABC News Mornings, ABC News Day, ABC Late News, ABC Melbourne, ABC Sydney, ABC Hobart, Sky News, Sky News Regional, Star 104.5, Smooth FM, 2CC Canberra, Sky News “Afternoon Agenda”, Sky News “First Edition”, The Chronicle, Your Life Choices, Sky News, SBS News, and more, speaking about Nipah virus cases in India, influenza A mutations (H3N2 subtype K / ‘Super-K’ variant), COVID-19 risks, vaccination changes in the US, measles outbreaks, summer flu spikes, and broader epidemiological preparedness.
Example article: Australia closely monitoring Nipah virus, no change to border control (ABC News).
Professor Kathryn Backholer appeared in Yahoo! News, The Conversation, OpenAds, Open Forum, Channel News Asia, Croakey, The Ban Starts Today (Geelong Advertiser), speaking about social media advertising risks (including ads within AI tools like ChatGPT), public health policy, preventive health, digital influence, and concerns about VicHealth and national health reforms.
Example article: OpenAI will put ads in ChatGPT. This opens a new door for dangerous influence (Yahoo! News).
Associate Professor Anna Ugalde appeared in Powerd, Geelong Advertiser, and the Colac Herald, speaking about rural cancer survival disparities, health inequity between metropolitan and rural cancer patients, and findings from the Equitable Cancer Outcomes research series.
Example article: Rural Australians are 13% less likely to survive cancer. Here’s what needs to change.
Associate Professor Hassan Vally appeared in Medical Republic, Daily Bulletin, Viw, Yahoo! News, EveningReport, The Conversation, speaking about scientific evidence, vaccine misinformation, CDC changes to vaccine/autism advice, and the importance of rigorous epidemiological study design.
Example article: The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism (Yahoo! News).
Dr Norma Barrett appeared in body+soul, speaking about “passenger parenting” and findings from her research on fathers’ experiences during the transition to parenthood, drawn from her recent publication in the Journal of Family Studies.
Example article: Feel like you’re solo parenting? You might be dealing with a ‘passenger parent’.
Dr Hannah Pitt appeared in the Upper Yarra Star Mail and syndicated regional publications, speaking about children’s early exposure to gambling advertising and their ability to recognise sports betting brands as young as eight years old.
Example article: Dub for Dixi: Woori Yallock student wins speech competition.
Professor Samantha Thomas appeared in Women’s Agenda, speaking about the impacts and hidden burdens of midlife caring responsibilities, based on her study Hiding symptoms and balancing work, family and relationships, recently presented to federal parliamentarians.
Example article: Forget hot flushes: the real midlife crisis is the cost of caring.
Professor Gary Sacks appeared on 3AW (Breakfast with Ross and Russel) speaking about food labelling and health-star rating controversies, specifically discussing how products like Cocoa Pops received high health-star ratings.
Example coverage: Breakfast – Ross and Russel (3AW).
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