The CERN communications group
Vision
To increase awareness of and foster support for CERN and its activities; to promote the interaction of science with society.
Mandate
Working with a number of key target audience to generate public engagement in science, to produce and distribute information, to foster community building and to build support for CERN and its missions. The key audiences are:
- The general public – to foster engagement with scientific issues
- The scientific community – to provide information about CERN's activities
- S &T decision makers – to promote CERN's activities
- The CERN community – to provide information and build motivation
- The local community – to integrate CERN in to the community
Organization
DG–CO Communication
- Group leader: James Gillies
- Deputy: Christine Sutton
- Assistant: Emmanuelle Carrier
Activities
- the Annual report, as mandated by the CERN Convention
- press releases and press visits for journalists from around the world
- photographic coverage of major CERN activities
- top level intranet pages and the public web site
- a graphic charter for all uses of the CERN identity
- brochures aimed at key audiences, in particular, the general public
- the Bulletin, aimed at the CERN community
- the CERN courier, aimed at the world physics community
- audio-visual materials such as video clips and animations for TV, the general public and schools
- web-based products for the general public and schools
