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<div>MIT EDITORS' CLUB<br>
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<div>*Meeting Notes from October 19, 2004*</div>
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<div>The hardy souls who trudged through the rain (or down the
hallway) to attend this meeting of MIT Editors' Club were rewarded
with...free books! (One of my colleagues has been cleaning her
office.)</div>
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<div>*Video Clips & More*</div>
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<div>Take a peek at the new web site for Academic Media Productions
Services at<font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4" color="#000000">
http://web.mit.edu/amps/portfolio/video/</font>. Margaret Meehan, web
content writer for the site and a new member of Editors' Club, gave a
quick primer on key parts of the new site, including links to videos
of MIT lectures. There's also a nifty box titled "What can we do
for you?" that many Editors will no doubt be interested in: AMPS
can help with a slew of communications-related projects such as
building or improving your web site and webcasting key lectures or
special events.</div>
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<div>My favorite part? The portfolio of video clips about MIT research
(<font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4"
color="#000000">http://web.mit.edu/amps/portfolio/video/</font>).</div
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<div>Margaret notes that AMPS is currently putting together a
"best of AMPS" series for this January's IAP.</div>
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<div>*Science Writing Resources*</div>
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<div>Several of the folks who've joined Editors' Club recently are new
to the field of communicating university research to the rest of the
world. To that end, I thought ya'll might find the following list of
resources helpful (they are my personal favorites): </div>
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--the Media Guide for Academics. Selections from the Table of
Contents: Going Public (Who? Me?), Why Spread the Word (Nine good
reasons to talk to a journalist), Support your Public Information
Officer (Nine ways to work together). Cal 213-851-7372 to order a
copy.<br>
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<div>--A Field Guide for Science Writers. This one covers science
writing for newspapers, TV, the government and, of course,
universities. Call 516-757-5664.</div>
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<div>--PIOnet (Public Information Officer network). This is an
electronic list just like Editors' Club that allows you to ask
questions of university science writers from around the country. Go to
http://www.newswise.com/community/pionet/ for more info, including a
set of directions for participating.</div>
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<div>If you have additional resources to suggest, please let me know!
I'd love to add them to my list.</div>
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<div>*Who ARE We?*</div>
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<div>One new member of our group inquired whether there's a list of
Editors' Club members and what we all do. "That way I could
contact specific people to answer a given question rather than send a
note to the whole group," she said. I do indeed keep a MicroSoft
Word list of all ~150 Editors. I try to update this list about twice a
year, at the same time encouraging folks to send me one or two
sentences about what they do. If you'd like to get a copy of the
current list, send me a note.</div>
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<div>*Next Meeting*</div>
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<div>The next meetings of MIT Editors' Club is Wednesday, November 10,
from 12-1 in the News Office (11-400).</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
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<div>Elizabeth</div>
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Elizabeth A. Thomson<br>
Assistant Director, Science & Engineering News<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
News Office, Room 11-400<br>
77 Massachusetts Ave.<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
617-258-5402 (ph); 617-258-8762 (fax)<br>
<thomson@mit.edu><br>
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<http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www><br>
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