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Stempra Star – Alex Dirk
This newsletter’s Stempra Star is Alex Durk – Communications Manager at Springer Nature What is your job and how did you get there?I’m a communications manager at Springer Nature, the major research publisher. I work in the Journals and Editorial Communications team, primarily promoting research that is published in our journals to the global news […]
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 […]
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 […]
Stempra North – a day of learning and networking in Liverpool
In early September, we hosted Stempra North – an in person meeting of science communications professionals for Stempra members. The event took place at Pembroke House, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and was jam-packed with opportunities to learn from experts, and improve skills as a science communicator, with a little bit of networking too. There […]
Stempra Summer Social!
Our summer networking event will take place on 22 August at the Alwyne Castle pub in Highbury, London from 19.00-22.00. Joining us will be #SciComms colleagues from ABSW and MJA – both associations’ members will be reserving their tickets separately. We held a joint summer social last year and it was fun and well attended. […]
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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