Association of British Science Writers
Wellcome Wolfson Building
165 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5HD
Tel: 0870 770 3361
absw"at"absw.org.uk
These pages were designed, well, cobbled
together, by Michael Kenward on behalf of the ABSW.
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Universities and others
Research organisations and
universities who
offer media guides that promise to put you in touch with an expert or two. |
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Royal
Society |
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Royal Society
"Search
the
Media
Guide database for access to the best source of scientific advice and
comment from Royal Society experts in the sciences, engineering and
technology." |
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Swedish
Research Council |
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ExpertSvar (Sweden) ExpertSvar,
the Swedish web based media service, is an initiative from the
Universities and the KK-foundation, hosted and driven by the Swedish
Research Council.
ExpertSvar, operated since 1999 by the Swedish Universities and University
Colleges in collaboration with the Swedish Research Council, enables
reporters to connect with sources at 20 Swedish colleges and universities,
as well as a number of research institutes. |
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Many universities now post their media guides on the web. This is a
selection of those we have found in our travels.
Do send us a note if you feel slighted by the omission of your seat of
learning. |
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Cambridge |
University of Cambridge "The Guide contains details of over 200 of
the University's experts who are happy to be contacted by the media. To
find the person that you need, you can either browse the Guide using our
list of key subject areas, or you can search using your own keywords." |
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Edinburgh |
University of Edinburgh |
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Imperial |
"This online Media Guide contains the
details of over 700 members of Imperial College's academic staff who are
willing to talk to the media on their subjects of expertise."
You can search this one in a number of ways. |
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Oxford |
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Stirling |
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Sussex |
University of Sussex "This is not a comprehensive listing of all
our academic staff, but represents those who are willing to share their
expertise with the media." |
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Wisconsin |
"...offers journalists the expertise of more than 1,000 faculty and
staff at one of the nation's leading research universities. Listed experts
have agreed to talk with reporters on selected topics."
"You can search this database of experts by keyword or name,
quickly and reliably retrieving every expert in a certain topic without
thumbing through a book." |
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York |
"The University of York is one of Britain's leading research
universities. It concentrates on strong viable departments, the promotion
of a positive research environment, and academic excellence in all areas."
http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/cfm/expertise/ |
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