News Media Services
Science writers will find on this page AGU press releases and journal highlights for the current year, with links to archives, as well as information on the next major AGU meeting, the Sullivan and Perlman journalism awards, and the Mass Media Fellowship program.
Press Releases
To receive AGU press releases by email, reporters and public information officers should contact Peter Weiss, providing their name, job title, publication/organization, postal address, phone, fax, and email address.
Instructions for accessing cited papers.
2009 press releases
- 09-18: Raindrop speeds defy expectations [10 June 2009]
- 09-17: Melting Greenland Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast United States, Canada [27 May 2009]
- 09-16: Media Advisory 4: 2009 Joint Assembly [21 May 2009]
- 09-15: Media Advisory 3: 2009 Joint Assembly [14 May 2009]
- 09-14: Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation [17 April 2009]
- 09-13: Media Advisory 2: 2009 Joint Assembly [15 April 2009]
- 09-12: Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Would Save Arctic Ice, Reduce Sea-Level Rise [14 April 2009]
- 09-11: As noise-makers, volcanoes and jet engines are found similar [8 April 2009]
- 09-10: Arctic could lose most ice in 30 years [2 April 2009]
- 09-09: Canadian radio team and veteran astronomy writer win 2009 AGU science journalism awards [31 March 2009]
- 09-08: Termite killer lingers as potent greenhouse gas [10 March 2009]
- 09-07: Wenchuan earthquake mudslides emit greenhouse gas [2 March 2009]
- 09-06: Commercial ships spew half as much particulate pollution as world's cars [26 February 2009]
- 09-05: Media Advisory 1: 2009 Joint Assembly [25 February 2009]
- 09-04: Great lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems [24 February 2009]
- 09-03: Erosion rates double along portion of Alaska's coast [18 February 2009]
- 09-02: Global warming may delay recovery of stratospheric ozone [4 February 2009]
- 09-01: Interim Leader Takes Charge at American Geophysical Union [27 January 2009]
AGU Journal Highlights
Instructions for accessing cited papers.
AGU Meetings
AGU's recent meeting is the 2009 Joint Assembly in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 24–27 May 2009.
AGU operates a full service press room to support reporters covering AGU meetings and joint assemblies. For additional information, contact Peter Weiss at pweiss@agu.org.
You and the Media
Download “You and the Media: A researcher’s guide for dealing successfully with the news media.”
AGU Journalism Awards
AGU presents annual awards for excellence in scientific journalism in any medium except books. Nominations are welcome from reporters, editors, publishers, and AGU members.
- Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism — Features:
- Awarded annually for the best report in any medium, except books, produced lead time of more than one week, that presents geophysical information to the general public.
- Nomination information
- Past Recipients
- David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism — News:
- Awarded annually for the best report in any medium, except books, produced under deadline pressure of one week or less, that presents geophysical news to the general public.
- Nomination information
- Past recipients
Mass Media Fellowships
Each year, AGU sponsors one university student in the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship program, which provides a 10-week summer internship at a newspaper, magazine, broadcast or cable news department, or web site.
AGU Meeting press conference photos
A selection of photos taken at press conferences and other media-related events:
Study of attitudes toward geophysical issues
What do average Americans think about global warming, earthquake dangers, the availability of safe drinking water and other issues of geophysical sciences? And how do they view the scientists who study these and related phenomena? In 1997, AGU’s Public Information Committee commissioned an independent study by Public Agenda to seek some preliminary answers. John Immerwahr of Public Agenda and Villanova University conducted the research and reported the results at 1999 Spring Meeting.
- Geophysical attitudes report:
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