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EMC Masterclass – Working with the news media

10 Nov 2022

Run by the Education Media Centre this highly interactive small group online training session is aimed at early career researchers who want their work to reach non-academic audiences. Participants will be briefed beforehand about what to expect and will be asked to bring along an item – preferably a piece of research – that they would like to share more widely.

Topics covered at this session include:

Why should you communicate about your work?
When is it best to publicise a piece of work or a project?
Where to go, who to talk to
What will they want to know?
Building relationships
Language and style
Practical exercise – draft press release

Structure of the session:

10:00	Introductory exercise
10:15	Publicising your research: Why, when, where, what and how. Example.
11:15	Coffee
11:30	Preparation for practical exercise
11:35	Writing exercise
12:15	Feedback
12:45	Working with your university press office; building contacts
12:55	Questions
13:00	End of session

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Trainer

Fran Abrams, Ms

Trustee at Education Media Centre

Fran began reporting on education for the Birmingham Post and Mail in 1988, and went on to be Education Correspondent of the Sunday Times, the Sunday Correspondent, the Sunday Telegraph and the Independent. She later worked as Westminster...

Education Media Centre

Do you ever see an education story in the news and ask: “What`s the evidence behind that? If so, the Education Media Centre aims to help you find out.

The centre is an independent charity set up to improve understanding of education research and evidence.

Our goal is to inform evidence-based policy and practice by raising awareness of what we know about what works – and what doesn’t – in education.

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