Voices from the START team and START's research respond to plethora of media requests after Boston Marathon
In the wake of the bomb attack on the Boston Marathon, START researchers and executives have worked to respond to numerous media requests with relevant background information with our data from the GTD, other reports and expert analysis. START's Executive Director, Bill Braniff, led these efforts, speaking to the Associated Press and nearly 20 other reporters in 24 hours, and Kathie Smarick and Erin Miller authored the Background Report "Bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon."
Here we have compiled as much of the news media coverage featuring START research and executives as possible.
Stories featuring Bill Braniff:
- Maryland Morning (NPR WYPR Baltimore): Maryland Voices React to Boston Marathon Bombing
- Talk of the Nation (NPR): Public Safety: The Measures Taken To Keep Crowds Safe
- On Point (90.9 WBUR): Manhunt For Boston Bombing Suspect
- Foreign Policy: BBs and nails: Pressure cooker bombs filled with shrapnel in Boston . . .
- National Geographic: Social Media Shapes Boston Bombings Response
- World News Australia: Investigators hunt for clues in Boston blasts
- The Australian: Investigators hunt for clues in Boston blasts
- Fox 5: Response to Boston Marathon Attack (Video)
- Fox News: Boston attack underscores growing threat of IEDs in America
- Sports on Earth: Sports and Terror: Q & A with Bill Braniff
- Huffington Post: Photo Of Mystery Man On Roof During Boston Bombings Causes Stir On Twitter
- Huffington Post: Culprit May Not Take Responsibility For Boston Marathon Explosions, Experts Say
- Foreign Policy: IEDs hit the U.S. more than you think
- Examiner: The revolution will be 'twitterized'
- Bloomberg Businessweek: Crowd's Video Evidence From Boston Bombing Deputizes Nation
- C-SPAN: Terrorism and Violent Crime (Video)
Stories featuring Gary LaFree:
- NPR: The Diane Rehm Show: The Latest On The Boston Investigation And The Limits Of Security
- NPR: The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Responding To Terror: Balancing Openness & Security
- The New York Times: Bombings End Decade of Strikingly Few Successful Terrorism Attacks in U.S.
- RIA Novosti: Thwarting Terrorism a Tricky Act to Pull Off (Also features START researchers Martha Crenshaw and Victor Asal)
- The News-Herald: Boston Marathon bombings: Police say crowd's photos, videos could crack the case
- Portland Press Herald: Our View: After Boston tragedy, let true patriotism reign
- ABC: A harsh reminder that terrorism hasn't been defeated
- The Nation: Despite Boston, Terror Is at an All-Time Low
- Christian Science Monitor: Boston bombing reveals a new American maturity toward insecurity
Stories featuring START researchers:
- Brooke Fisher Liu in NBC Bay Area: Smart Phones, Social Media Color Boston Bombing Response
- Mila Johns in Computerworld: Investigators comb social nets to look for bombing clues
- Laura Dugan in Government Executive: How the Government Searches for the Boston Marathon Bomber
- Gary Ackerman on To The Point: One Day after the Boston Marathon Bombings, What We Know (Radio, about 22:30 into show)
- Anthony Lemieux in 11 Alive: Terrorism expert talks about Boston bombing (Video)
- Stevan Weine on ABC News: Immigration Screening Can't Stop All Terrorism
- Stevan Weine on The Atlantic Cities: Boston Is One of the Best Prepared U.S. Cities to Handle a Crisis
- Arie Kruglanski and Clark McCauley on Bloomberg: Sibling Bonds Put Suspected Bombers on Terrorism Path
- Michele Gelfand on United Press International: After Boston bombings, an outpouring of digital empathy
- Arie Kruglanski on Live Science: Inside Twisted Terrorist Minds ﾗ Where Is the Empathy?
START Research, Background Reports cited:
- Politico: Experts have long warned about IEDs in U.S.
- World News Australia: Boston is second deadly marathon blast
- The Washington Post: Eight facts about terrorism in the United States
- Popsci: How Marathons Have Been Attacked [Infographic]
- FirstPost: Boston Marathon blasts: A sign of terrorism rebounding?
- Mother Jones: Terror Attacks on Sporting Events, Especially Marathons, Are Surprisingly Rare
- Chicago Tribune: Domestic terrorism still rare
- FleetOwner: Delving for the roots of terror
- The Times-Picayune: In wake of Boston Marathon explosions, New Orleans law enforcement officials urge citizens to be vigilant
- IT World: A database of more than 100,000 terrorist attacks
- Townhall: The Decline of Terrorism
- Foreign Policy: A brief history of terrorist attacks in Boston
- National Geographic: Boston Bombing Suspects Raise New Terrorism Questions
- TribLive: Chechen link with marathon suspects surprises experts
- Washington Post: Reminder: The alleged Boston bombers were here legally
- HSToday: Marathons Globally Have Been Targets Of Terrorism; Incendiary Devices Most Common Terror Weapon In US, Data Shows
- The Nation: 'Cape Fear,' and Our Fear
- The American Prospect: Five Reasons Boston Has Nothing to Do with Immigration Reform
- Activism issue for Jackson mayoral candidate Lumumba
- Psychology Today: The Radicalization of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
- Common Ground News Service: Countering violent extremism requires law enforcement and Muslims to partner