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The process for media outreach of research findings is managed by the Public Information and Liason Branch (PILB) in NIDA's Office of Science Policy and Communications (OSPC.)
NIDA has several avenues for releasing research findings to the media:
- Press Releases
- NewsScan (a publication distributed to top medical and science reporters)
- NIDA Notes (a bimonthly publication for researchers)
Press Releases
For a paper to be considered for a press release, the PILB staff needs to have it before it is published, preferably as soon as it is accepted by a journal. Please send accepted papers to NIDA Press Chief Dorie Hightower (dorieh@nih.gov). If you don't have a copy of the paper available, it is still helpful to give available details to the PILB staff in advance.
All papers are reviewed by OSPC and NIDA's Office of the Director to decide what is the most appropriate communications avenue.
In general, stories chosen for a press release usually represent findings
that are of unusual significance to the scientific community or might be of
interest to the general public. Since that can be a subjective analysis,
we welcome input from grantees on what they feel are the most newsworthy aspects of their studies.
All press releases produced by NIDA are reviewed and cleared for distribution by both NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services. The PILB Press Team is committed to inform you on the outcome of papers submitted for press release consideration
NewsScan
Many papers not chosen for a press release will be summarized by our
science writers and put into the publication NIDA NewsScan. The
NewsScan is distributed to top national and local science and health
reporters and producers, disseminated at conferences, included in NIDA
press kits, and posted on the NIDA website.
NIDA Notes
NIDA Notes is written by our professional science writing team and is distributed to a list of 90,000 people including researchers and health care professionals. To subscribe to NIDA Notes, or to submit a paper for consideration, please contact the NIDA Notes editor, David Anderson (david.anderson1@nih.hhs.gov). Papers submitted will also be considered for NIDA's science journal Perspectives.
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