It's possible that they have something planned for the summit. The press would give a lot less attention to that if the joint statement had already received major coverage. The point of releasing the statement this far in advance would be to make sure Bush etc. have no credible excuse for not responding at the summit. It would be very strange for the academies to go to all the trouble of developing and issuing a new statement if they planned to do essentially nothing with it. Notice also that there has not yet been a public response by the NAS to Hansen's call for a special panel. Is there a connection? As Eli says, pass the popcorn.
----- Original Message ----- From: "inel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "globalchange" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:16 AM Subject: [Global Change: 1651] Re: Joint Statement of science academies of all G8 and other large countries > > Where's the Press Release, Press Team and nominated scientist(s) to > speak to the press for the U.S. National Academy of Sciences? That's > the way it works in other countries, and they also translate into > local languages as a matter of course. > > You start with a Press Release in plain text (to introduce the PDF > which newswires cannot handle well), include quotes from named > experts, and name the PR and Expert contacts and all contact details > possible ... and if interest doesn't flow from there, the Press Team > call respected reporters with whom they have built up good > relationships (!) and make more quotes available from experts, and > then try to arrange face-to-face appointments if it is really tough > getting an audience with a reporter. > > This is not a failure of framing science in terms of the way these > core statements have been prepared. They are the content, and they > have been handed to the PR departments at the Academies on a plate: > after that it is the local/national packaging and delivery that matter > (appointments, PR and relevant experts at the ready). > > It appears (to me) to be a failure of commitment to the goals of the > Joint Science Academies' statements by NAS, and a natural consequence > of that is minimalist PR (posting two links with two sentences on a > webpage) by NAS. > > inel > > On May 28, 11:53 am, "Michael Tobis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's not my job to put this on the front page of all the major >> newspapers and news magazines. >> >> If that isn't happening, which it doesn't seem to be as far as I have >> seen, that constitutes more than a small problem. >> >> Fortunately it is one that can be fixed if the blogosphere starts >> howling a bit... >> >> Where's Chris Mooney when you need him? >> >> mt >> >> On 5/27/07, Eli Rabett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > For one thing because people like you are putting a statement like: It >> > seems real enough infront of Why is this not making a splash. >> >> > On May 25, 3:03 pm, Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > It seems like this is getting far less attention than it deserves for >> > > some reason: >> >> > >http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/document.asp?tip=0&id=6634 >> >> > > It can also be found on the US NAS site. >> >> > >http://www.nationalacademies.org/includes/G8Statement_Energy_07_May.pdf >> >> > > It seems real enough. They make some strong (and I think strongly >> > > justified) statements. Why is this not making a splash? >> >> > > mt > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
