[Open-access] More potential "Who Needs Access?" interviewees

Tue Feb 28 21:28:29 UTC 2012

> The journalists I know tell me they get media accreditation
and can access whatever they want...

Well, that sounds like a good question to ask Ally.

Perhaps recognised 'Science Journalists' get the access-clearance okay
100% of the time, whilst more tangentially academia-related
journalists / irregular freelancers, asking for access to a 6-year old
articles related to a
current story find it tougher...?

I think this is also very much part of the problem with paywalls -
even if there *are* commonly used ways around them available - people
don't always know of these ways. Thus they see a paywall, then give
up. Very sad really.

Ross