The OUTSTANDING PRESS RELEASE of the Year will be announced at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in the special Improbable Research session. WHERE: Hilton Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas — in Salon H. WHEN: Saturday night, February 17, 2018, 8:00 pm. Selected by the Committee of Reporters who Receive […]
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For Sex Researchers: How to Get the Attention You Want
A bunch of people who do research on how people have sex came together to advise themselves and other people about how to get the kind of attention they want from people in the media. It’s all about the people. Here’s their report: “Turning Sexual Science Into News: Sex Research and the Media,” Kimberly R. […]
Ingenious disingenuity?
“Robert V. Kail, editor of Psychological Science, says he’s never heard of the likelihood of press attention being used as a reason to publish a researcher’s work.” So says a November 13, 2011 report in the Chronicle of Higher Education. You might enjoy browsing through the press releases issued by Psychological Science over the past […]
A clever Twist (part 8)
Join us in celebrating the work of research publicist Mary-Ann Twist, managing editor of the Journal of Consumer Research. In this and previous posts we feature the beginnings of press releases written by Ms. Twist. Each has a characteristically (yes!) Twisty headline and/or opening sentence. Here’s the eighth: Understanding consumer behavior: Make them think it […]