Appendix 5 Useful contacts

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Appendix 5 Useful contacts

This appendix is a rough guide only. For fuller lists check the current editions of the printed marketing guides (see page 396) and online for up-to-date information on addresses, telephone numbers, websites and email addresses, and for details of their services.

GENERAL

The Advertising Association

Association of British Science Writers. C/o The British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Audit Bureau of Circulations. Provides certified circulation data for newspapers and magazines.

Authors ÕLicensing and Collecting Society (ALCS). Collects and distributes to writers fees for photocopying.

British Association of Communicators in Business. Publishes Editor’s Handbook for editing house journals.

British Association of Journalists. Trade union.

British Guild of Travel Writers

British Library

British Library National Sound Archive. National collection of sound recording.

British Newspaper Library. Contains archives of national, regional and local newspapers, with microfilm and photocopying services.

British Standards Institution

Campaign for Freedom of Information. Campaigns for right of access by law to public sector information when it is of public interest.

Campaign for Press and Broadcast Freedom. Works for more accessible and more accountable media, with right of reply and with portrayal of minorities.

Celebrity Service Inc.

Central Office of Information

Chartered Institute of Journalists

Communications, Advertising and Marketing (CAM) Foundation

Freelance Press Services, Manchester

The Institute of Journalists. Trade union and (as The Chartered Institute of Journalists) a professional association for writers, journalists and broadcasters.

Institute of Public Relations. Publishes Getting into Public Relations pack, careers advice and recommends courses.

The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators

National Readership Surveys

National Union of Journalists. The largest union for journalists, working for agreements on salaries, fees and conditions.

PEN. The British branch of International PEN, which is open to all writers. Concerned with freedom of expression throughout the world.

Periodical Publishers Association. Operates the Periodicals Training Council.

Press Complaints Commission. Self-regulatory body of newspapers and periodicals. It investigates complaints and reports monthly and annually.

Public Relations Consultants Association. Publishes information on job opportunities in PR.

Society of Authors. Independent trade union. Advises on negotiations and contracts with publishers, film companies, etc.

Writers ÕCircles. Will put you in touch with the nationwide network. The Regional Arts Association of your area will put you in touch with local groups if your local library cannot.

Writers ÕGuild of Great Britain. Trade union, affiliated to the Trades Union Congress.