PRESS COVERAGE:
Since our objective is to attract the public into science, we depend on press coverage. Here is a listing of the press
coverage we have received to date:
Venus Transit (2004 - India):
Lunar Eclipse (2004 - USA):
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Even though we were clouded over for the webcast, the BBC called Tim Young for a live interview on the BBC radio
program "World News."
Hybrid Eclipse (2005 - Panama):
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While in Panama, Tim Young and Ron Marsh both gave presentations (Tim Young -
"Expeditions to AstronomicalEvents" and Ron Marsh - "Webcasting: Ins and outs"). In both cases, a standing room only
crowd filled the 200 seat auditorium and the lecture was broadcast over an intranet to 13 other campuses. An estimated
800 other people watched both presentations.
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We also received press coverage while in Panama, including:
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An article in MSNBC
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A front page article in La Prensa (the national newspaper).
Here is a picture of the article.
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Our webcast was also covered on the
Lawrence Berkley
Labs HPCRD website.
Annular Eclipse (2005 - Spain):
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While in Spain, Tim Young was interviewed by an Associated Press reporter for
an article on the eclipse. The article was carried by several major outlets:
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USA Today
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ABC
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CBS
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We also received coverage on
Mike Taylor's
website.
Total Eclipse (2006 - Turkey):
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While in Turkey, Tim was interviewed for the Turkish TV show "Wilco's Camper" which is shown on
DigitTurk Television.
Annular Eclipse (2006 - French Guiana):
Lunar Eclipse (2007 - Las Vegas):
Miscellaneous:
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Studio One is a live television
show produced by the University
of North Dakota's Television Center.
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On October 20, Ron Marsh was a guest on the show to talk about video games.
Here is a Real Audio link to
that broadcast (scroll ahead to 13.30 for Ron's segment).
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On October 27, Tim Young was a guest on the show to talk about eclipses.
Here is a Real
Audio link to that broadcast (scroll ahead to 50.51 for Tim's segment).