A change in an indicator, though less dramatic, can also bring a problem to attention, particularly if it is a large change or it receives significant attention in a report or media release.
But it was the Voice article that attracted national attention, including a report on CNBC.
Johnson and his team paid close attention to a report about magnetic disk storage experiments conducted by Jacob Rabinow of the National Bureau of Standards.
The White House has paid close attention to a report by the Asia Society and the Pew Center for Global Climate Change, which offers a road map for cooperation.
In making such a public statement, Mrs. Clinton risked drawing more attention to a report that so far has received relatively little coverage.
BBC correspondent Mark Doyle tweeted in July 2014 that "famines are sexy, predicting them is not," drawing attention to a report on the approaching disaster in South Sudan.
But if this were really about the children, surely the Black Pete supporters would have paid more attention to a report published two years ago by the children's ombudsman.
Israel's image was already tarnished but the attention that a report of such magnitude attracts and the unimpeachable credibility and standing of its lead author, Goldstone, may cause many who dismissed previous reports to take a second look.
As a project of the Greater Piscataqua Community Foundation, a division of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit community organization, Asking for Directions may not draw the scientific attention of a report out of the Harvard School of Public Health.
Fifteen years ago, the case gained national attention during a report on "60 Minutes," as a band of local residents built a replica of Whitehead's bat-winged Airplane No. 21 and flew it.
