PR for Academics: Writing for newspapers and magazines and The Conversation

Name: PR for Academics: Writing for newspapers and magazines and The Conversation
Start: 2025-03-10T23:00:00-0400
End: 2025-03-11T01:00:00-0400

Mon, 10 Mar, 11pm - Tue, 11 Mar, 1am EDT

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Simon Clews

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The PR for Academics workshop series aims to assist researchers gain impact by communicating their research messages beyond the academy.

Despite the rise of short form media, newspapers, magazines and their digital counterparts are hugely popular and widely read; they are also great vehicles for reaching large audiences outside the academy. And The Conversation is a great first step into this world.

This workshop will look at finding stories in your research that would appeal to these audiences and working out the best way to pitch them for publication.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Simon Clews

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Simon Clews works with writers and academics around the world to help them improve their written and oral communication and develop their careers as effective communicators and providers of creative, well-written non-fiction for non-academic audiences. He does this both in-person and online, and is one of the most in-demand trainers in this field. He is currently a Learning Advisor at the Australian National University, a world leading and innovative university based in Canberra, where he works with HDR candidates on their writing and communication skills. Prior to this, for fifteen years he was the Director of the Melbourne Engagement Lab at Australia’s highest ranked university, Melbourne University, where enhanced the reputation of through training, encouraging and facilitating some of Australia’s brightest minds to make their work accessible to non-academic audiences.

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Mon, 10 Mar, 11pm - Tue, 11 Mar, 1am EDT

Online Event

Hosted by Simon Clews