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An 'Internet press centre' for news about European science, technology and medicine, AlphaGailileo carries press releases from a range of European research institutes. The site is intended primarily for journalists - who can access embargoed information before it is released publicly, as well as a directory of science experts.
BMC is an open-access publishing house, and is part of Current Science Group. It publishes more than 100 peer-reviewed
open-access journals, such as the Journal of Biology. Instead of being based on subscriptions it operates an article-processing charge. To view BMC's Open access charter,
click here.
This is a portal to the websites of associations that aim to advance our understanding of oncology and how to better treat patients with cancer, both in the developed and developing worlds.
Each partner association is represented in the portal with a website describing and providing information relating to the organisation, its structure, news, research projects, activities, membership, resource information, selected links, and so on.
Cancerworld also hosts the Cancer Media Service, operated by the European School of Oncology and aimed at journalists. The independent service aims to put cancer research into context, which it does by publishing well written and easy-to-read summaries of the latest cancer research. Perhaps even more useful is its list of resources for journalists that includes links to several medical dictionaries and cancer organisations worldwide.
ISCOS is a non-governmental organisation that brings together science communicators and scientists who are keen to popularise science. The website describes the government of India's one-year
training course on science journalism.
The IAP is an umbrella organisation for 90 science academies that helps members develop tools to contribute to discussions about science policy. Amongst others, the IAP supports a programme on
science and the media. IAP works closely with other international organisations, including the InterAcademy Council, the Interational Council for Science and the InterAcademy Medical Panel.
The IFEJ was initially set up in 1993 by French and German environmental journalists, and today has members, correspondents and/or member associations in more than 110 countries. IFEJ's mission is to improve public understanding of environment and sustainable development issues worldwide by supporting environmental journalists internationally through networking, training and promoting free access to information.
The International Federation of Journalists is the world's largest organisation of journalists, and currently represents around 500,000 members in more than 100 countries. The IFJ acts to defend press freedom and social justice, and promotes human rights, democracy and pluralism. It is the organisation that speaks for journalists within the United Nations system and within the international trade union movement.
The International Science Writers Association is a US-based organisation that was formed in response to the increasingly international scope of science popularisation and technical communications. ISWA's primary objective is to provide contacts and to enable members to assist each other when working in a foreign country. ISWA is of particular value to individuals who do not have a national association of science writers in their home countries.
JCOM is an online journal on scientific communication, which is trying to become an interdisciplinary melting-pot capable of providing some theoretical guidelines for science communication. Each article undergoes multidisciplinary peer-reviewing by experts belonging to different areas of competence such as science, communication and theory of communication.
JAAIDS is a media-based non-governmental organisation in Nigeria working in the field of HIV/AIDS and development. Its mission is to contribute to the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria by improving the quality of HIV/AIDS communication messages and by strengthening the quality of policy response and interventions. It does so by providing training courses and information resources, and encouraging informed discourse on issues relating to HIV/AIDS in the media.
The US National Association of Science Writers was founded in 1934 with a remit to "foster the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public". It now has more than 2,000 members, including science writers and editors from a wide range of publications. The website has a useful directory of resources about
"communicating science news".
The WHO's media centre contains press releases, statements, fact sheets, and photographs and other multimedia resources. Journalists can ask to receive embargoed press releases by email.
