Comments on: Getting good access

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:13:20 +0000

“Go to meetings, talk to people, read journals that do not have huge PR machines. Then write.”

They can’t, they’re in their jim-jams.

But it isn’t just the journals that operate an embargo; as you noted elsewhere, it often involves market-moving news. I agree about it being partly for the journals, to ensure they get covered, but it is also to enable good coverage, don’t you think?

By: Michael Kenward

Michael Kenward — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:44:31 +0000

Good journalists do not need access to embargoed stories. They have other ways of finding out what is happening.

Indeed, the whole embargo process is there to benefit the journals, and to ensure that everyone covers their papers on the same day. Science writers collude because it is a way of persuading a sceptical news editor that the “competition” will cover a story.

Embargoes are for sloppy and unimaginative hacks whose idea of research is sitting in front of a screen all day.

Bloggers should deliberately stay away form the system. Go to meetings, talk to people, read journals that do not have huge PR machines. Then write.

By: Genetics and Health » More About the EurekAlert! Smackdown

Genetics and Health » More About the EurekAlert! Smackdown — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:10:43 +0000

[...] Update: Don’t miss Alun’s thoughtful post at Archaeoastronomy that considers the role of bloggers, science, media and the AAAS. Mel at Aesahaettr also has some cryptic comments on the situation. I’m still scratching my head…. And thanks also to Jeremy at Another Blasted Weblog for giving me some other good ideas about how to approach the situation. [...]

By: Hsien Lei

Hsien Lei — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:08:19 +0000

Of course what you have to say is relevant!! Thank you so much. I am working behind the scenes to get access but still wanted to bring attention to it. Wish me luck!