With Tom Almeroth-Williams
(Communications Manager, Arts & Humanities Research, for Cambridge University)

Chaired by Julian Wright
(Secretary for Professional Engagement, Royal Historical Society)

About this event
How do you prepare to bring your research to bigger audiences through the media? This Royal Historical Society workshop offers a practical guide to promoting your research via the media.

The workshop is presented by Tom Almeroth-Williams, a communications specialist in arts and humanities research, as well as a published historian and Fellow of the Society.

The session takes you through different scenarios and stages of the process: from identifying a potential news story in a forthcoming research paper or book, to responding to media coverage.

Topics covered include pitching to an HE institution’s communications team; writing an effective press release yourself; providing assets including images; setting embargoes, contacting journalists; answering enquiries, giving interviews and seeking corrections.

About the speaker
Dr Tom Almeroth-Williams is Communications Manager (Research, Arts & Humanities) for the University of Cambridge. In this role he publicises a wide range of research, including the work of historians, and offers media training. As well as a communications specialist, Tom is also a historian of early modern Britain, a Fellow of the RHS, and author of 'City of Beasts. How Animals Shaped Georgian London' (Manchester University Press, 2019).

Julian Wright is Professor of History at the University of Northumbria and the RHS’s Secretary for Professional Engagement. In this role Julian oversees the Society’s provision of professional support and training for UK historians at all career stages.