cc: "Jones Philip Prof \(ENV\)" <P.Jones@uea.ac.uk>
date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:50:21 +0100
from: "Dunford Simon Mr \(MAC\)" <S.Dunford@uea.ac.uk>
subject: RE: Press release
to: "Tim Osborn" <t.osborn@uea.ac.uk>, "Ogden Annie Ms \(MAC\)" <A.Ogden@uea.ac.uk>, <santer1@llnl.gov>, <stark8@llnl.gov>

Thanks Tim. The BBC environment correspondents are:

Roger Harrabin (Today programme/World at One) - roger.harrabin@bbc.co.uk
Matt McGrath (BBC World Service) - matt.mcgrath@bbc.co.uk
Sarah Mukherjee (BBC TV/Radio) - sarah.mukherjee@bbc.co.uk
Christine McGourty (BBC TV/Radio) - christine.mcgourty@bbc.co.uk
David Shukman (BBC TV) - david.shukman@bbc.co.uk

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Simon

Simon Dunford, Press Officer,
University of East Anglia,
Norwich, NR4 7TJ.
Tel:+44 (0)1603 592203
www.uea.ac.uk/comm 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Osborn [mailto:t.osborn@uea.ac.uk] 
>Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:29 AM
>To: Dunford Simon Mr (MAC); Ogden Annie Ms (MAC)
>Cc: Jones Philip Prof (ENV)
>Subject: RE: Press release
>
>Hi Simon.
>
>Thanks for the reply, I understand the reason.
>
>LLNL are doing a press release but don't have a BBC contact.  Is it 
>possible then for you to send to our US colleagues the contact 
>details for the appropriate BBC person, so that they can issue the 
>press release to the BBC themselves? Their emails are: Anne Stark 
><stark8@llnl.gov> and Ben Santer <santer1@llnl.gov>
>
>UEA may still get a mention, since we feature in the LLNL press 
>release.  All the quotes the BBC need are in Ben's press release and 
>fact sheet. Even if Phil was here, he would have to make sure he 
>didn't say anything different!
>
>Thanks
>
>Tim
>
>
>
>
>At 10:55 10/10/2008, Dunford Simon Mr \(MAC\) wrote:
>>Thanks Tim but I'm afraid there's no way we can send 
>something out if we
>>cannot offer an interviewee. Would make us look ridiculous!
>>
>>Sorry.
>>
>>Simon
>>
>>Simon Dunford, Press Officer,
>>University of East Anglia,
>>Norwich, NR4 7TJ.
>>Tel:+44 (0)1603 592203
>>www.uea.ac.uk/comm
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Tim Osborn [mailto:t.osborn@uea.ac.uk]
>> >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:21 AM
>> >To: Ogden Annie Ms (MAC); Dunford Simon Mr (MAC)
>> >Cc: Jones Philip Prof (ENV)
>> >Subject: Fwd: Press release
>> >
>> >Dear Annie and/or Simon,
>> >
>> >today a new paper is being published online in International Journal
>> >of Climatology which involves Phil Jones as a co-author.  There may
>> >be quite a bit of media interest in this, as it relates to a
>> >contentious issue (about whether our climate models are capable of
>> >reproducing recent climate changes).
>> >
>> >Sorry for the short notice, but most of the media side of things is
>> >being organised via the lead author's institution in USA.  However
>> >they did hope that we might forward their press release and fact
>> >sheet to our BBC contacts.  Phil is away though, so we don't have
>> >anyone here to do interviews.  I know about the work, but 
>am teaching
>> >most of today, so won't have time to get involved, beyond 
>sending you
>> >this email which Phil asked me to send in his absence.
>> >
>> >Anyway, the press release and fact sheet are attached.  Would it be
>> >possible to send these to BBC news/website environment people (is it
>> >still Richard Black and/or Roger Harrabin?)?
>> >
>> >Best wishes
>> >
>> >Tim
>> >
>> >P.S. I just checked the publishers website and the paper is now
>> >published online (about 5 minutes ago), so no embargo etc. to
>> >worry about.
>> >
>> >>Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:02:24 -0700
>> >>To: p.jones@uea.ac.uk, t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
>> >>From: Anne Stark <stark8@llnl.gov>
>> >>Subject: Fwd: Press release
>> >>
>> >>Dear Phil and Tim:
>> >>
>> >>Attached is the press release we plan to send out tomorrow morning
>> >>PDT. Please let me know if you need anything further. Ben already
>> >>sent you the fact sheet.
>> >>
>> >>Sincerely,
>> >>Anne
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:10:01 -0700
>> >>>From: Ben Santer <santer1@llnl.gov>
>> >>>To: Anne Stark <stark8@llnl.gov>
>> >>>Subject: Press release
>> >>>
>> >>>Dear Anne,
>> >>>
>> >>>Could you please send the final version of the press release to
>> >>>Phil Jones and Tim Osborn at the University of East Anglia? Phil
>> >>>and Tim will forward the release and the fact sheet to their
>> >>>contacts at the BBC.
>> >>>
>> >>>With best regards,
>> >>>
>> >>>Ben
>> >>>
>> >>>(P.S.: I'm appending the final version of the fact sheet)
>> >>>-------------------------------------------------------------
>> >---------------
>> >>>Benjamin D. Santer
>> >>>Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
>> >>>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>> >>>P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-103
>> >>>Livermore, CA 94550, U.S.A.
>> >>>Tel:   (925) 422-3840
>> >>>FAX:   (925) 422-7675
>> >>>email: santer1@llnl.gov
>> >>>-------------------------------------------------------------
>> >---------------
>> >>
>> >>Anne M. Stark
>> >>Sr. Public Information Officer
>> >>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>> >>7000 East Avenue, L-3
>> >>Livermore, CA  94550
>> >>(925) 422-9799
>> >>
>> >
>
>Dr Timothy J Osborn, Academic Fellow
>Climatic Research Unit
>School of Environmental Sciences
>University of East Anglia
>Norwich  NR4 7TJ, UK
>
>e-mail:   t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
>phone:    +44 1603 592089
>fax:      +44 1603 507784
>web:      http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/
>sunclock: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/sunclock.htm
>
>
>
