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The secret sauce for storytelling in science
In communications we know the importance of a good story, whether pitching to a journalist or producing our own content. So it was good to make some space to go over best practice with experts to speak at the Press Officer Training Day. From covering the basics, how to get the most out of your […]
7 tips to help prepare for and handle a communications crisis
I had the chance to chair the recent session on Issues Management and Crisis Communications during the Stempra Press Officer Training Day. While I haven’t (yet!) been at the centre of a full-blown media storm, I’ve definitely navigated my fair share of tricky situations that could have easily tipped over into crisis territory. This session […]
Make the most out of your press releases
Xantha Leatham, Executive Science Editor at the Daily Mail, shared her notes on what works for journalists when it comes to research or science press releases, and equally important what doesn’t work.
Reaching policymakers and politicians event write up
A blog post by Freya Robb, Senior Press Officer at the Science Media Centre and Stempra committee member At our recent online event on how to reach politicians and policy makers, we heard from an excellent panel of speakers who shared their experience about working with (and in) the media to communicate key policy stories. […]
Policy communications – reaching politicians and policymakers
With our new government settling in and science high on the political agenda, we're exploring the challenge of reaching policy makers and politicians through comms during an online panel discussion.
Press Officer Training Day 2025
Date and time: 6 March, 09:15 – 16:00 Venue: Wellcome, Euston Road, London Registrations are now open to Stempra’s annual event for early career scicommers, the Press Officer Training Day, via Eventbrite. This is an in-person only event at Wellcome, London, as we want to encourage as much networking as possible.      Who should come? If you are an […]

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