As a publicist, my role is to help communicate amazing things to journalists and the public. In tech and science, that means I see a lot of news roll across my desk. While not all of this news makes it into a press release (sometimes, we use other methods, like direct pitch), the sheer volume of what does deserves a shout out.
For an idea of what goes on in my press release-writing world, check out this updating list of press releases I’ve written in the past few years. It doesn’t sound like a long time, but the volume might make it feel like it is.
Most of these releases are hosted off-site; just click to read.
2024
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
December 20, 2024: Coming soon.
December 13, 2024: Coming soon.
December 12, 2024: Black Hole Explorer Hopes to Reveal New Details of Supermassive Black Holes
Read about the process of developing this release on my web site.
August 27, 2024: Event Horizon Telescope Makes Highest-Resolution Black Hole Detections from Earth
Read about the results of this release and the process of developing it on my site.
March 27, 2024: Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
2023
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
November 8, 2023: A Supermassive Black Hole’s Strong Magnetic Fields Are Revealed in a New Light
September 27, 2023: Extreme Weight Loss: Star Sheds Unexpected Amounts of Mass Just Before Going Supernova
September 6, 2023: CfA Selects Contractor for Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Antennas
National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
September 18, 2023: Book Release: “Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy” (published after departure)
July 5, 2023: AUI and the NRAO Announce the Recipients of the 2023 AUI Board of Trustees NAC Bridge Scholarship Award
June 28, 2023: Scientists use Exotic Stars to Tune into Hum from Cosmic Symphony
May 8, 2023: NAC Student Researchers Receive Prestigious Chambliss Medals at AAS 241
May 5, 2023: NRAO Announces Funding Opportunities for U.S. Students
April 27, 2023: Rare Nighttime Photography of Very Large Array Featured in Exhibition at Warehouse 1-10
April 12, 2023: 2023 Jansky Fellows Awarded
February 13, 2023: French Astronomer Honored as 2022 Jansky Lecturer
January 4, 2023: Science Results From NRAO Facilities to Be Presented at Multiple AAS 241 Press Conferences
National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA), Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
August 11, 2023: Tip Sheet: VLA Finds Megastorms on Saturn Disrupt Gas Giant’s Deep Atmosphere in Surprising Ways (published after departure)
June 6, 2023: Not Your Average Space Explosion: Very Long Baseline Array Finds Classical Novae Are Anything But Simple
April 26, 2023: NSF Telescopes Image M87’s Supermassive Black Hole and Massive Jet Together for the First Time
Central Development Laboratory at NRAO (Technology & Defense)
February 7, 2023: ALMA Soon to Receive a New Brain
January 10, 2023: NSF and SpaceX Finalize Radio Spectrum Coordination Agreement
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
June 27, 2023: A Surprise Chemical Find by ALMA May Help Detect and Confirm Protoplanets
March 13, 2023: A Decade of Unveiling the Hidden Universe: ALMA at 10
March 8, 2023: ALMA Traces History of Water in Planet Formation Back to the Interstellar Medium
February 24, 2023: Tip Sheet: Extreme Galaxy Reveals Clues to Early Supermassive Black Hole Formation
January 9, 2023: ALMA and JWST Reveal Galactic Shock is Shaping Stephan’s Quintet in Mysterious Ways
January 9, 2023: ALMA Scientists Find Pair of Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy Merger
January 9, 2023: Hydrogen Masers Reveal New Secrets of a Massive Star to ALMA Scientists
2022
National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
November 21, 2022: NRAO Signs Cooperative Agreement with UNAM For Development of the Next Generation Very Large Array
September 14, 2022: NRAO Mission Statement Update Reflects and Strengthens Observatory’s Long-standing Commitment to DEI
August 31, 2022: NRAO’s Gurton Receives Astronomical Society of the Pacific Award
August 25, 2022: NRAO Supporting Work of Mexican Astronomer
July 26, 2022: NRAO to Launch New Amateur Radio Learning Program for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Students with Support from ARDC
July 7, 2022: Children of NRAO Staff Among Recipients of 2022 AUI Scholarship
July 5, 2022: AUI and NRAO Announce 2022 NAC Bridge Scholarship Recipients
June 10, 2022: Science Results From NRAO Facilities to Be Presented at Multiple AAS 240 Press Conferences
March 17, 2022: 2022 Jansky Fellowships Awarded
January 28, 2022: 2021 Science Highlights: Looking Back on a Turbulent Year in Radio Astronomy
January 26, 2022: NRAO Director Tony Beasley Honored as Lifetime AAAS Fellow
Central Development Laboratory at NRAO (Technology & Defense)
September 28, 2022: NRAO’s Marian Pospieszalski Receives EuMA Pioneer Award
September 21, 2022: NRAO Expands Radio Dynamic Zone Testing with Support from NSF
August 29, 2022: NRAO’s Central Development Laboratory to Launch New Women in Engineering Program With Support from the Heising-Simons Foundation
July 14, 2022: ngVLA Engineering Paper Selected for Prestigious IEEE Award
February 16, 2022: NRAO and Optisys Partner Up to Produce 3D Devices for Radio Astronomy
February 2, 2022: NRAO Researcher Receives Prestigious Engineering Award
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
December 19, 2022: ALMA Has Successfully Restarted Observations
November 18, 2022: Update: ALMA’s Recovery from October 29 Cyberattack
August 30, 2022: ALMA Witnesses Deadly Star-Slinging Tug-of-War Between Merging Galaxies
August 18, 2022: ALMA’s 2014 Ground-Breaking HL Tau Results Have Appeared in Over 1,000 Scientific Papers in Less Than a Decade
August 9, 2022: Tip Sheet: ALMA Makes First-Ever Detection of Gas in a Circumplanetary Disk
August 3, 2022: Out With a Bang: Explosive Neutron Star Merger Captured for the First Time in Millimeter Light
June 15, 2022: ALMA Gets Front-Row Seat to an Ongoing Star-Formation Standoff in the Large Magellanic Cloud
June 14, 2022: Scientists on the Hunt for Planetary Formation Fossils Reveal Unexpected Eccentricities in Nearby Debris Disk
May 12, 2022: Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy
April 25, 2022: Scientists Find Elusive Gas From Post-starburst Galaxies Hiding in Plain Sight
March 28, 2022: Hey DUDE: Mysterious Death of Carbon Star Plays Out Like Six-Ring Circus
January 11, 2022: ALMA Catches “Intruder” Redhanded in Rarely Detected Stellar Flyby Event
2021
National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory
December 15, 2021: NRAO Reacts to Astro2020 Statements on Diversity and Inclusion
October 7, 2021: NACtober Showcases Research, Accomplishments of National Astronomy Consortium Participants
July 7, 2021: Student Summer Research Programs at NRAO Get a Boost from Going Remote
July 1, 2021: Nine Children of NRAO Staff Among Recipients of 2021 AUI Scholarship
June 30, 2021: AUI and NRAO Announce NAC Bridge Scholarship Award
June 21, 2021: 2021 Jansky Lectureship Awarded to Mexican Astronomer
May 11, 2021: National Radio Astronomy Observatory Featured in the 2021 STEM for All Video Showcase
Central Development Laboratory at NRAO (Technology & Defense)
December 17, 2021: ALMA’s Most Scientifically Productive Receiver Will Soon See Further than Ever Before
December 9, 2021: NSF Partnerships for Innovation Funding to Make NRAO Tech Accessible to New Wireless Markets and High-Frequency Applications
September 21, 2021: Moon’s Tycho Crater Revealed in Intricate Detail
September 7, 2021: New Receivers Achieve First Light, Set Record for Observational Capabilities at ALMA
June 8, 2021: Qorvo Provides Key Enabling Technology for Identifying, Mapping and Tracking Threats from Near-Earth Objects
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
November 3, 2021: ALMA Scientists Detect Signs of Water in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
November 2, 2021: A Cosmic Whodunit: ALMA Study Confirms What’s Robbing Galaxies of Their Star-Forming Gas
September 22, 2021: ALMA Scientists Uncover the Mystery of Early Massive Galaxies Running on Empty
September 15, 2021: ALMA Reveals Carbon-Rich, Organic Birth Environments of Planets
July 29, 2021: Scientists Observe Gas Re-accretion in Dying Galaxies for the First Time
June 23, 2021: Mind the Gap: Scientists Use Stellar Mass to Link Exoplanets to Planet-Forming Disks
June 17, 2021: Study of Young Chaotic Star System Reveals Planet Formation Secrets
June 8, 2021: Cosmic Cartographers Map Nearby Universe Revealing the Diversity of Star-Forming Galaxies
April 21, 2021: Record-breaking Stellar Flare From Nearby Star Recorded in Multiple Wavelengths for the First Time
April 14, 2021: Multi-wavelength Observations Reveal Impact of Black Hole on M87 Galaxy
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
March 18, 2021: Scientists Uncover Warehouse-Full of Complex Molecules Never before Seen in Space
July 2020 – December 2020
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
December 17, 2020: Artificial Intelligence Classifies Supernova Explosions with Unprecedented Accuracy
November 23, 2020: Growing Interest in Moon Resources Could Cause Tension, Scientists Find
November 19, 2020: “Strange Rays” Crowd Sourced on Social Media Shed Light on Black Hole Illumination
November 12, 2020: Scientists Uncover Truth About Luminous Infrared Kilonova
October 20, 2020: The Monster in the Middle of the Milky Way Is…Spinning Slowly?
October 12, 2020: Scientists Get Front-Row Seats to Star’s Death by Spaghettification
October 7, 2020: Growing up Stardust: Scientists Discover That Stars and Planets May Be Siblings
September 23, 2020: M87*’s Shadow Is Wobbling and Has Been for a While
September 23, 2020: Could Life Exist Deep Underground on Mars?
September 17, 2020: Astronomers Solve Mystery of How Planetary Nebulae Are Shaped
September 2, 2020: Scientists “Zoom In” On Dark Matter, Revealing the Invisible Skeleton of the Universe
August 18, 2020: The Sun May Have Started Its Life with a Binary Companion
August 17, 2020: Scientists Determine ‘Oumuamua Isn’t Made From Molecular Hydrogen Ice After All
August 13, 2020: Scientists Suggest Stellar “Sneeze” as Reason for Betelgeuse’s Massive Dimming in Early 2020 and Say It May Be Dimming Again, Roughly 400 Days Early
August 3, 2020: CfA Scientists Discover Mysterious Spiral Structures around a “Planet Factory”
July 27, 2020: CfA Scientists and Team Take a Look Inside the Central Engine of a Solar Flare for the First Time
July 9, 2020: Harvard Scientists Propose Plan to Determine If Planet Nine Is a Primordial Black Hole
January 2020 – June 2020
June 19, 2020: CfA Scientists Collaborate on New Study to Search the Universe for Signs of Technological Civilizations
June 1, 2020: Scientists Detect Crab Nebula Using Innovative Gamma-Ray Telescope, Proving Technology Viability
June 1, 2020: Scientists Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes
April 13, 2020: Scientists Discover Brightest Supernova Ever Seen
April 9, 2020: Center for Astrophysics Scientist and Team First to Measure Wind Speed on a Sub-stellar Object Outside the Solar System
April 8, 2020: New EHT Images Reveal a Writhing Relativistic Jet Deep in the Heart of Black Hole System
April 3, 2020: Astronomers Detect First Double Helium-Core White Dwarf Gravitational Wave Source
March 9, 2020: Scientists Announce Orbital Tilt Measurements in Youngest Planetary Star System Ever
February 4, 2020: Scientists Complete ELM Survey, Discover 98 Double White Dwarf Stars
July 2019 – December 2019
December 4, 2019: Scientists Reveal Potential New Class of X-ray Star System Research
October 7, 2019: Scientists Observe Year-long Plateaus in Decline of Type Ia Supernova Light Curves
August 15, 2019: Scientists Observe the Explosion of a Monster Star Requiring New Supernova Mechanism
July 29, 2019: A Stellar Stream in the Milky Way Provides Evidence of Dark Substructure
July 22, 2019: Determining the Mass of the White Dwarf in KOI-3278 Using Two Different but Complimentary Techniques
January 2019 – June 2019
April 16, 2019: Scientists Use Asteroid to Measure Smallest Star Size to Date
March 14, 2019: Astrophysicists Once Again Seek Public’s Help to Unmask Muons Disguised as Gamma Rays
January 16, 2019: Scientists to Inaugurate Prototype Schwarzchild-Couder Telescope at Whipple Observatory in Preparation for First Light
