Mike is quiet right - generalisations shouldn't be made and this is bourne out in the coverage where there are a number of pieces even in the National Broadsheet and Tabloid sector that reveal journalists have been to sessions. In addition there is much that we don't pick up as,as Mike says,individuals use the BA Festival for research and contact building with articles arising from such contacts for many months after the Festival finishes. National Science Week 16-25 March, 2001; BA Festival of Science 3-7 September, Glasgow Sallie Robins Press Officer the BA 23 Savile Row London W1X 2NB Direct Line: +44 20 7973 3078 Fax: +44 20 7973 3051 [log in to unmask] www.britassoc.org.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%