Dear Fellow Communicators –

For scientific organisations keen to raise the public profile and impact of their work in 2009, SciNews – the science news media delivery service designed by science communicators for science communicators – is available for the first time to all Australasian research agencies and organisations.

Key features includes:

·  - A media database with over 2000 continually updated contacts

·  - International distribution to key science reporters and media worldwide

·  - A service extensively tested on over 600 scientific media releases over 6 years

·  - No joining fees or subscriptions. The lowest media delivery rates going, charged according to use.

Access to SciNews is only available to legitimate Australasian scientific R&D organisations and is subject to approval. To find out more, please visit www.scinews.com.au or contact us at http://www.scinews.com.au/contact.html

To see how easy SciNews is to use, check out the screencast: http://www.screencast.com/users/schlick/folders/Jing/media/337ea4e0-b821-4d4a-84d8-0e2fd272ad20

Successful communicating for 2009

Julian Cribb FTSE

Michael MacDonald

SciNews

www.scinews.com.au