The Science Media Centre only deals with national news media, I did an internship there and they suggested that their name was actually misleading and that the 'Science News Media Centre' would be more appropriate.
So Jonathan I don't think you would have got much shrift had you approached them!
James
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:04:55 +0100
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> Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Spoof: Experiments for science TV series about Human Body
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> On 27 Oct 2010, at 19:30, Michael Kenward wrote:
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> > Anyone else who gets one of these annoying requests in future might like to ‘onpass them’ to the Science Media Centre. That is why it is there.
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> OK, daft question from me, then: *is* that the role of the Science Media Centre? I thought it was focussed on news media and journalists, rather than assisting documentary or popular factual projects?
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> Certainly, the closest I ever got to using its services during my stint in broadcast was crashing its Christmas party one year. Was I denying myself a valuable resource?
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>
> [as for the cause of this thread; I've been that naive researcher, and I've been the series producer banging his head on the table when my team fails to do its homework and makes the production look foolish. I've also been the guy called by the TV company looking for a demo, and subsequently screwed by them. So I've sympathy on all sides.
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> I didn't think Peter's initial post was near as bad as some we've seen. I'll confess to having been amused by Lazy Researcher's retort, but it's a bit hard on Peter to be the focus of such scorn, and it doesn't foster the sort of reputation I'd like the list to have. I'm glad there were some helpful replies.
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> So no, I didn't write the satire. Kind of wish I had, though I suspect I wouldn't have posted it.]
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> Jonathan Sanderson
> "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter" (Pascal)
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