>Even if scientists don't go to their press
office or give them advance notice of a big story the press officers
often end up having to put all their other work on hold at a moments
notice to help them anyway.<
Agree completely with Hazel's comments here and would add that it's very annoying if a scientist decides to bypass the press office completely and then expects press officers to drop everything and help them (with things like access to film on campus and places to park etc...) when the story gets legs and the world and their wife start knocking the door down.
It may be another release has been scheduled for that day and so a scientific colleague's work gets no coverage because of the clash. Or a press officer may already be committed to other work the day the story breaks in which case they are perfectly entitled to say, "you've dropped this on us, sorry but we can't help".
In reality, this doesn't really happen as we're generally always willing to help out and enjoy jumping onto big stories as they happen.
Alex Waddington
Media Relations
University of Manchester
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