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Online Working Press registration is now closed. Walk-up Working Press registration is available at the ASCB Newsroom in Room 21 at the San Diego Convention Center, beginning at 8:00 am on Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Press Information
Online Working Press registration is now closed. Walk-up Working Press registration is available at the ASCB Newsroom in Room 21 at the San Diego Convention Center, beginning at 8:00 am on Saturday, December 5, 2009.
The ASCB welcomes Working Press to cover the largest annual meeting of research cell biologists in the world. To preview the meeting for journalists, the ASCB’s Public Information Committee (PIC) will publish an embargoed press book, Cell Biology 2009, listing our “Novel & Newsworthy” Top Picks among the thousands of research papers and talks scheduled for presentation in San Diego. Each year, the PIC’s scientist-members “peer screen” more than 1,200 abstracts submitted for possible platform presentation and come up with our Top Picks. The “Novel & Newsworthy” abstracts selected by PIC are usually the top-breaking news stories at the meeting.
To get your embargoed print copy and/or a journalists-only URL for secure online access to Cell Biology 2009, sign up today for Working Press registration. You’re under no obligation to show up in San Diego. Come December, the onsite ASCB Newsroom can help you get your story, whether you’re in town or working from afar.
Stuck in your office? Cover breaking stories at the ASCB meeting from your desk. We can help set up interviews with scientific newsmakers at the meeting. Contact John Fleischman at jfleisch@ascb.org or (513) 706-0212. Got video conferencing? We can set you up. For details, contact Cathy Yarbrough at (858) 243-1814.
Press Registration in San Diego, CA
Online Working Press registration is now closed. Walk-up Working Press registration is available at the ASCB Newsroom in Room 21 at the San Diego Convention Center, beginning at 8:00 am on Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Who Is Working Press?
The ASCB welcomes Working Press to cover the Annual Meeting.
Working Press includes:
- Reporters
- Science writers
- News producers
- Desk editors
- Freelance science journalists
- Public information officers for nonprofit institutions
- Journalism teachers and students covering the ASCB Annual Meeting
- Full-time professional editors for scientific journals
- Professional or semi-professional science bloggers (we will grant blogger credentials on a case-by-case basis)
Others who qualify once registered and paid to attend the 49th Annual Meeting are:
- Bloggers (research cell biologists) who are current paid members of the ASCB
- Bloggers (research cell biologists) who are new paid members of the ASCB
Both may be provided special access to press briefings at the onsite Newsroom. (Apply in San Diego.)
Others who qualify: Academics or researchers who serve as journal editors should also register as regular members of the Society. All others are invited to register as Nonmember Attendees.
If you have questions about status and/or qualifications, contact John Fleischman at jfleischman@ascb.org or (513) 706-0212.
In all cases, Working Press must have both personal and professional identification.
Identification may include:
- a police "press" card
- a PIO badge from a nonprofit research institution
- a media business card
- an assignment letter from an editor or news producer who can be contacted
- Journalists who are current members of the:
- National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
- International Science Writers Association (ISWA)
- Canadian Science Writers Association (CSWA)
(these journalists can use their membership cards as professional identification)
Bloggers should contact John Fleischman in advance of the meeting.
Media Contacts
John Fleischman, ASCB Science Writer
(513) 929-4635 (Eastern U.S. time)
(513) 706-0212 (mobile)
(866) 405-2221 (fax)
jfleisch@ascb.org
Cathy Yarbrough, Annual Meeting Media Manager
(858) 243-1814 (mobile)
Kevin Wilson, ASCB Director of Public Policy
(301) 347-9308
kwilson@ascb.org
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