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Cambridge scientist Marta Shahbazi among dead in Spanish train collision

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly center (67%).

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Marta Shahbazi, an affiliate associate professor at the University of Cambridge who led a research group at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, died in a train collision near Urda, south of Madrid, on Wednesday. Reports from BBC News, Sky News and The Guardian say at least 69 people were killed in the crash. The laboratory said she had been on one of the trains. The Spanish research institute CiMUS paid tribute to her as a brilliant young researcher. She had recently been named winner of a Spanish Society for Developmental Biology award and was due to receive it at a conference in Andalusia. The Guardian reports that colleagues described her as inspiring.

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Marta Shahbazi, a Cambridge-affiliated scientist, died in the train collision near Urda that killed at least 69 people.
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The Guardian
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The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology said Shahbazi was on one of the trains involved in the collision.
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The Guardian
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BBC News
Shahbazi had recently won a Spanish Society for Developmental Biology award and was due to receive it at a conference in Andalusia.
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The Guardian
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BBC News
The collision happened on Wednesday near Urda in Toledo province, south of Madrid.
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The Guardian
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BBC News
Colleagues and institutes paid tribute to Shahbazi, with the laboratory calling her an inspiring scientist and a role model.
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All sides report that Cambridge-affiliated scientist Marta Shahbazi died in the Spanish train collision near Urda that killed at least 69 people. The center outlets lead with her Cambridge role and the death toll, while the Guardian leads with tributes from colleagues calling her inspiring.

the left
1 outlet
The Guardian headline leads with colleagues' tributes, calling her inspiring, rather than with the death alone.
Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ University of Cambridge scientist who died in Spanish train crash
The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
2 outlets
Center headlines lead with her Cambridge role and state the death plainly, with the crash as the setting; the two Sky headlines are near-identical.
Cambridge scientist dies in Spanish train crash
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From the left

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tributes from colleagues
her research and scientific award
her role as a mother of two

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The GuardianLeft
Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ University of Cambridge scientist who died in Spanish train crash
Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive an award for scientific excellence in developmental biology An “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train collision on Wednesday which killed at least 69 people. …
3 hr agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

From the center

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Cambridge affiliation
death toll of at least 69
tribute from Spanish research institute

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Sky NewsCenter
British university scientist died in Spain train crash
A University of Cambridge professor has been named as one of the 69 people killed in the deadly high-speed train crash in Spain.
5 hr agoRead at Sky News (opens in a new tab)
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- University of Cambridge scientist died in Spain train crash
BBC NewsCenter
Cambridge scientist dies in Spanish train crash
A Spanish research centre has confirmed her death days after she was declared misisng.
8 hr agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)

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How the coverage built up

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5 hr 29 min later
Its first report, Nov 1, 10:00 AM EST
Center
First to report
BBC News, Nov 1, 4:31 AM EST
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No report yet
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BBC NewsCenterNov 1, 4:31 AM EST
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Cambridge scientist Marta Shahbazi among dead in Spanish train collision

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Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ University of Cambridge scientist who died in Spanish train crash

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British university scientist died in Spain train crash

Cambridge scientist dies in Spanish train crash

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