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Web sites for journalists
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While many journalists jealously guard their contact
books, they are not so mean minded that they will not share telephone
numbers or web addresses.
This is where we hope to create a set of resources for science writers
in a hurry.
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Press Rooms |
Publications that offer special access to
journalists
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press.nature.com |
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Clippings |
A page on this site with a handful of links to
sites that detail press coverage of science and medicine. |
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Journalism
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Resources designed specifically for
journalists
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Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
www.istc.org.uk/
"Established for more than 50 years, the ISTC is the largest UK body
representing professional communicators and information designers." |
The
Media Network
www.jobsinjournalism.co.uk/
Also has a useful set of links to organisations that offer training. |
Journalism
UK
www.journalismuk.co.uk/
"Journalism UK is aimed at
print journalists writing for UK magazines or based in the UK, although
broadcasters may find the news and other resources useful."
Also has a large but incomplete set of links to publications, news
resources, etc.
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FleetStreet
www.fleetstreet.org.uk
Really a newsgroup.
But there is an associated web site with a set of frequently asked
questions (FAQs) that cover many issues that are relevant to science
journalism.
One of the managers, Wendy Grossman,
is a member of the ABSW. |
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UK funding agencies |
Research Councils and others who hand out
money
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
Research Council
www.bbsrc.ac.uk |
Central Laboratory of The Research
Councils
www.clrc.ac.uk |
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council
www.epsrc.ac.uk |
Economic and Social Research Council
www.esrc.ac.uk/ |
Medical Research Council
www.mrc.ac.uk |
Natural Environment Research Council
www.nerc.ac.uk |
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research
Council
www.pparc.ac.uk |
Wellcome Trust
www.wellcome.ac.uk
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International bodies |
European
Union
europa.eu.int/comm/research/
European Science
Foundation
http://www.esf.org
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UK Universities
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BRAINTRACK University-Index
www.braintrack.com |
UK
Universities and Higher Education Colleges
http://www.ja.net/janet-sites/uni_coll.html |
| Media guides
Our own page of links to universities that maintain directors if experts who
are willing to talk to the media. |
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Museums and science centres
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Natural
History Museum
www.nhm.ac.uk |
Science
Museum
www.nmsi.ac.uk |
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General Reference |
Britannica
www.britannica.com
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Subjects
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Sites with a special theme
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Life Sciences |
Eric Schoch, Director of New Media,
Consumer Health Communications, at the Indiana
University School of Medicine, created this weblog to monitor
developments in genetics and genomics, and to provide independent
reporting on those topics.
Medical dictionaries
While we all try to keep our own sets of reference books, it always
helps to be able to compare sources, or to have links to new areas that we
have to write about. The
National Library of Medicine in US has a page given over to
medical
dictionaries. This has links to some multilingual sites that may be
useful.
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Statistics |
Statistical Assessment
Service
www.stats.org
"STATS is a non-profit non-partisan think tank
in Washington, D.C. examines the way that scientific, quantitative, and
social research are presented by the media."
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Internet |
Improving Your Surfing: Better Use of Your Web Time
This is a link list for the class Sree
teaches for journalists and other professionals. |
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Let us know if you come across a
particularly interesting, useful or amusing site.
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