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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 […]
Stempra end of year science quiz
Date & Time: Monday 9 December, 18.30- 21:00 Where: The Castle, Farringdon Back by popular demand, this year for our end of year social we are hosting a fabulous science quiz. Come along and show us your brains! Join us on Monday 09 December for a celebration of science and collaborative, competitive fun as we […]
Stempra AGM 2024 minutes
The Stempra AGM took place online again in 2024 to allow for as wide attendance as possible. We celebrated our events over the past year and thanked committee members and co-chair Fiona who were stepping down. Attendees were also given a sneak preview of the soon to be launched new Stempra website… Meeting Minutes 20.3.24 […]
From communications to senior organisational roles
A conversation about career journeys and progression Date: 18 October, 2024Time: 12:00 – 13:00Location: Online Stempra invites you to join us for an online discussion about moving from a science communication role to a senior organisational role, and all the steps in between. We will hear from senior leaders who will give us an overview of their experiences, career […]
Useful Links
- Stempra Guides
- 2019 Stempra Guide To Being A Media Officer
- Preprints: A checklist for press officers
- Specific topics
- General guides
- Sense About Science guide for scientists on how to deal with the media
- Using statistics in the media
- Resources from the Royal Statistical Society
- Making sense of statistics from Sense about Science
- Dealing with controversial issues
- The Science Media Centre’s page for press officers
- Media copyright
- Factsheet on UK copyright law
- International media
- BBC’s guides to the media landscape in each country
- Science Media Centres around the world
- Peer review
- A Peer Review guide from Sense about Science
- Useful science conferences
- The AAAS conference
- World Conference of Science Journalists
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