We’re assisting with media liaison for the 7th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics next week. We understand that you will be speaking at a session of the conference.
We’re working with the organising committee to bring the ideas and issues discussed at the conference to a wide public audience via media and social media. To do this, we will issue stories to the media throughout the conference, and to selected media in advance on embargo.
We are writing to see if you are willing and available during the conference to speak with media about your talk, work and/or relevant issues regarding women in physics.
If you are not available or interested, we would also appreciate you letting us know. Or if you would like to nominate a peer or colleague at the conference to speak about your work or session, please let us know their details and we’ll get in touch.
If you are keen, then we have a few short questions for you:
These are introductory questions to gauge your potential stories and opportunities for media coverage. So, if any question is irrelevant to you, please ignore it.
1. Will your talk have ideas or information that’s potentially newsworthy?
- If so, can you provide a copy of your talk (or key points), and/or a plain English explanation of the broader significance of your findings.
2. Do you have any opinions that you would like to share?
For example:
- You may have opinions about your research/discovery, or opinions and stories around equality, diversity and inclusion for women in physics in your country. If you can provide brief comments of 40 to 80 words then we can share those with journalists and on social media.
- Would you be interested in writing an opinion editorial? This is a newspaper opinion story, usually around 600 to 800 words on your work and/or issues relating to the conference. We can edit contributions.
3. Are you on social media?
If so, what handles/names do you and your organisation use?
We’ll be tweeting from @IUPAPwomen and we may also have time to share information you post on other platforms.
4. If we do release information about your work would you like us to share it with any of your contacts?
· For example your media team, journalists you’ve spoken with in the past, supporters of your work.
5. Do you have any relevant photos that we can share with media and social media?
We’re writing to everyone speaking at the conference and we’ll choose the best mix of stories. If we include your work/story we’ll let you know.
About Science in Public
Science in Public is a science communication and public relations business based in Melbourne. We have a core team of 7 staff and associates around Australia.
You can read more about us and our work at www.scienceinpublic.com.au.
And you can view examples of past conference media alerts and releases at the following links:
- 15th World Congress on Public Health https://www.scienceinpublic.com.au/category/publichealthcongress
- Joint 13th Asia Pacific Physics Conference and 22nd Australian Institute of Physics Congress – www.scienceinpublic.com.au/category/aip/physicscongress
- XVIII International Botanical Congress – www.scienceinpublic.com.au/botany2011
Contact us at sarah.bradley@scienceinpublic.com.au if you have any questions.