Examples of news stories
- Advertisements and invitations for participants to your TN/Institute event: workshop, webinar, conference, meeting, conference sessions, etc.
- Opportunities for collaboration and partnership, e.g. for project and funding applications
- New successful funding received
- Starting / kick-off of a new project – not just research, but all kinds of projects including community engagement, citizen science etc.
- New publication released or published
- Calls for papers, abstracts, contributions to publications, etc.
- Report after an event, field course, winter/summer school
- Planning or starting the enrollment / call for students of a new education program, PhD school, field work, summer course etc.
There can be many other kinds as well – whatever works best for your network!
Writing a news story: content, style and structure
The UArctic newsfeed has lots of examples of different types of news. When in doubt, do a quick review for best practices and inspiration: www.uarctic.org/news
Some practical tips:
- Think about your audience: who is the news for, and what is relevant to them?
- What would you like to accomplish with your news story?
- Sharing experiences, learnings, impacts, and outcomes is important and interesting to a broader audience.
- Write concisely and generally, as if you would tell about the topic to a person unfamiliar with your field.
- Give a short, informative headline that highlights the key point of your news piece
- The most important issue – the news – is highlighted first in the text and the background in the end.
- If you are writing a personal recount / report from e.g. an event, it's nice to write it from your personal perspective, in first-person format.
- Example: “As a representative of UArctic in the Research Priority Team on Co-Production and Indigenous-led methodologies, I reported on how presentation applied these approaches in the sessions I attended. The most impactful sessions I attended where the ones led and held by Indigenous researchers and knowledge holders.”
- If you are writing an invitation to join an event, a call for papers, something less personal on behalf of a team, organizers, editors, etc., try to avoid the use of “we” - this often gets mixed up with UArctic’s organizational news and voice.
- Example: “The Thematic Network on Critical Arctic Studies invites conceptual and empirical papers from various disciplines and fields that discuss issues of caring for life in an Arctic context. The Critical Arctic Studies Symposium will be held on October 7-9, 2025, in Rovaniemi, Finland (in a hybrid mode).”
- Remember to give contact information of the person providing additional information, possible web links and deadlines.
- A good photo related to your news increases its visibility (and makes the pages look nice overall). Horizontal images work best. If you don’t have one, don’t let that stop you from submitting a news story – we will find a way around it if needed.
You can also always reach out to us with any questions you might have about writing news stories for the UArctic website!
What to include in different kinds of news (examples)
Funding received / new project kick-off
- Who was the funding granted to? Which institutions, individuals, Thematic Networks, Chairs are involved?
- Who provided the funding, how much, for how long?
- What was the funding granted for? Brief description of the significance and content of the activities financed, e.g. the theme of the research
- Possible links to additional information, such as news on another organization's page or project pages
New publication
- Name of your publication, authors, publishing date
- The publication’s connection to a Thematic Network or Chair
- Brief description of the publication
- Why the publication is significant, for whom it is intended – why should people care?
- If the publication was made as part of a project, also provide basic information about the project
- Link to the publication
Event announcement
- Basic information: name of the event, date / time, place, onsite / online / hybrid, relevant deadlines, fee or free?
- What, why, who: event theme / content, why is it being organized and what are the aims, who should join
- Details of the program, either draft or final (link to PDF or event website is enough)
- Registration information
- Contact person / contact email
- Website link (if available)
Event report
- Basic information about the event: who organized it, when it took place, what was the purpose, etc.
- Who joined?
- Also consider collaboration between regions, institutions and disciplines – highlight this if possible!
- How did the event go? What was discussed? What were the outcomes?
- Any quotes or experiences from participants? In case of a course, are you able to get some students to share their experiences?
- What happens next? Will there be further follow-up?
