Need a story lead or a trusted expert to interview? AusSMC can help.
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Our Media Briefings let you get the story straight from the experts. You can ask questions to help you get your head around a breaking news story or an ongoing issue, and speak directly to the scientists behind new research and reports. There's no need to leave your desk, our Media Briefings are held online so they are accessible to journalists from anywhere in the world. Sign up via Scimex to access AusSMC Media Briefings.
When a story breaks or new research raises eyebrows, we provide you with quotes and contacts from vetted experts through our Expert Reaction service. You can use these as a direct source of quotes, as a way of finding talent, or to get a feel for how the scientific community is responding to an issue. Sign up via Scimex to access our Expert Reactions.
If you need an expert right now, we can help. With our database of more than 5,000 media-friendly scientists, you can either search for talent directly yourself through our Find an Expert database on Scimex or you can contact us and we will dig a little deeper to help you find someone before that deadline hits.
Register with Scimex to get full access to upcoming and breaking science news, Media Briefings, Expert Reactions and our Find an Expert database.
We can make it easier for you to report science by providing confidential one-on-one advice or in-newsroom training.
Some additional tips on reporting science can also be found here.
Contact us if you need a second opinion or to arrange a free session in your newsroom.
If you want to get the edge on an issue that matters to your audience, a Scientist in Residence could be just what your newsroom needs. This program matches a scientist with a newsroom to help you create exclusive content underpinned by evidence and expertise. The program has already placed more than 25 scientists in newsrooms including The Age, Herald Sun, Australian Financial Review, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail, Mamamia, SBS, NITV, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, The Adelaide Advertiser, and West Australian. Contact us for more info.
The Science Journalism Fellowship is a pilot program seeding talented specialist science reporters into mainstream media outlets. The program, developed with the ANU Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, gives upcoming science journalists valuable experience and helps media outlets see the value of science to their audience. The first science journalism fellowship recipient was Elfy Scott at BuzzFeed - read her stories here.
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