[Editors] Story ideas from your lab/dept.

[Elizabeth Thomson]

Hi Everybody,

Since many of you are new to MIT Editors' Club, I thought I'd send out
my annual note describing in general how the News Office works, how you can
help us, and why that's worthwhile.

In a word (well, a few words): please feel free to send me story 
ideas! I am personally interested in science and engineering news, 
but send me anything...I can then route them to the News Office 
writer covering that general area.

Here's what's in it for you:

--For those of you who write newsletters, you can reprint any Tech Talk
stories you find interesting. Plus, often those stories include cool
photographs, which are available through the News Office.

--Almost all Tech Talk stories are also sent as press releases to reporters
who we think might find them interesting. That can result in lots of 
outside publicity, which we try to track for you.

A plug for sci/eng news:

For science and engineering news, it's most helpful if you can tell 
me IN ADVANCE about papers accepted for publication, key talks, or 
other newsworthy events. That gives me time to write a story that 
will coincide with the date of the talk or publication (the infamous 
news hook). Of course, always feel free to call about anything that's 
just plain cool.

Thanks! You are our eyes and ears.

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth A. Thomson
Assistant Director, Science & Engineering News
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
News Office, Room 11-400
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA  02139-4307
617-258-5402 (ph); 617-258-8762 (fax)
<thomson at mit.edu>

<http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www>
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