2.18 Assignment (1)

Sign up and begin receiving email alerts from the sources listed in the following table (or search their online archive). Discuss with your mentor how useful these sources are likely to be for your readers/audience compared with your usual sources.

Email Alert Source	News focus
EurekAlert! [ http://www.eurekalert.org/ ]	All areas of science and technology
Global Health Reporting [ http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/ ]	Health issues, particularly HIV, TB and malaria
Science and Development Network [ http://www.scidev.net ]	Science and technology in developing countries
Science in Africa [ http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za ]	African scientific research
ProMed-Mail [ http://www.promedmail.org/pls/promed/f?p=2400:1000 ]	Infectious diseases
Nature Press Release [ http://press.nature.com/press/servlet/Content ]	All areas of science and technology