More ways to share science news releases on the new EurekAlert!
Several important changes to EurekAlert!’s editorial guidelines will go into effect with the launch of the new EurekAlert! platform – the biggest upgrade in our 25-year history.
新EurekAlert!でのサイエンスニュースリリースのさらなる共有方法
EurekAlert!の編集ガイドラインへのいくつかの重要な変更が、2021年7月の新EurekAlert!プラットフォームの公開とともに実施されます。これは当社の25年の歴史の中で最大のアップグレードとなります。
EurekAlert!がクレジットベースの2階層サブスクリプションモデルに移行する理由
今月の新EurekAlert!プラットフォーム（社内では「EurekAlert! Re-Imagined（EurekAlert!の再考）」または「EARI」と呼んでいます）の公開は、1996年の最初のプラットフォーム作成以来、最も重要な展開です。私たちは過去2年間、プラットフォームのあらゆる側面を再考し、ジャーナリストやPIOのメンバーの皆さまに十分なサービスを提供するだけでなく、今後25年以上においても皆さまにサービスを提供し続けることができる ように努力してきました。
Reflections on 2019 Japan SciCom Forum
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Japan SciCom Forum (JSF) that was held on 16 and 17 of May. For the second consecutive time, JSF was hosted at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) in Tokyo. The two-day event brought together scientists, research administrators, PIOs and science communicators under one roof to talk all things science …
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Image Licenses Explained: Considerations for Submitting Multimedia to EurekAlert!
Jan. 20, 2022 Update: We’ve updated the guidelines described in this post to reflect changes to EurekAlert!’s multimedia submission process on the re-imagined platform, launched in July 2022. Click through to access the link to the latest information.
The pathway to news coverage has widened — have your pitches?
For public information officers, pitching newsworthy STEM stories to the media is an important part of the job. While the traditional definition of newsworthiness remains, there’s a new pathway to earning coverage in some of the most respected media outlets: going viral. Evolution of news Traditionally, a newsworthy story might feature recently published peer-reviewed research, …
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Featuring female scientists in science communication
Cultivating gender diversity in science communication isn’t an easy task. But because media underrepresentation of women in STEM can have negative consequences in both the classroom and the lab, it’s one that we as PIOs should try to tackle. So we turned to experts for advice on featuring more female scientists in our publications and …
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Embargoes on EurekAlert!
If you’re a press officer promoting science at your organization, you’ve almost certainly worked with the embargo system. Agreement of an embargo among journal publishers, press offices, and news outlets offers extra time for reporters to research and prepare news stories and encourage fair and equal access to scientific research among journalists around the world. …
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“The 90-Day Rule”: Considerations behind EurekAlert!’s Timeliness Guideline
As a nonprofit science news service and consortium of research institutions, EurekAlert! has always striven to facilitate dissemination of the latest scientific breakthroughs to reporters and the public. Since our launch in 1996, scientific publishing and science communication have adapted to the introduction of open access, advanced or early online publication, and other practices where papers …
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Working with academics: 5 things I’ve learned
If someone asked me to list the perks of my job, ‘working with academics’ would be one of them. Yet if someone asked me to list the downsides of my job, ‘working with academics’ would also most likely be one of them. As enthusiastic as they can be particular, researchers can inspire and frustrate in …
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