Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

2015 Nobel Prize Announcements October 5-12: Live streams, Laureate interviews and social media discussion

30 September 2015
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The committee room of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is decorated with portraits of all peace laureates.

Photo: Public domain

The 2015 Nobel Prize announcements will take place 5-12 October. The first announcement, for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will be made on 5 October 11:30 a.m. CET at the earliest. See full timetable here

Nobel Media will provide the following media on the announcements:

Live broadcasts and data on Nobelprize.org

On the official website Nobelprize.org you can follow all the action as the news about the new Laureates breaks. Press releases are being published at the time of the announcement for each Prize. The announcements are also live-streamed on Nobelprize.org and the official Youtube channel: click here 

To webcast the Nobel Prize announcements on your website, blog or social networks, you can grab the easy-to-add code and embed a live video player on your site: www.nobelprize.org

Directly after the announcements, Nobelprize.org provides exclusive interviews with members of the Nobel Committees as part of the live broadcast.

Nobelprize.org is the official information resource for all Nobel Prizes.  A database of all Nobel Laureates is provided through a public API and as Linked Data for enabling visualization, data journalism and other types of storytelling: click here

Laureate Interviews

According to tradition, Nobel Media conducts short congratulatory interviews with the new Nobel Laureates right after the announcements. These are usually moments of great excitement and joy. The interviews can be accessed on soundcloud as soon as they are ready. These audio files can be easily embedded on websites and shared on social media channels.

An example from last year with a happy May-Britt Moser, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: click here

Join the social media discussion

Engaging content about the awarded Nobel Laureates and their discoveries, works and actions will be posted continuously. Official images will be posted at the moment of each Nobel Prize announcement. Everybody is welcome to join in on the conversation. Official hashtag for the Nobel Prize announcements: #NobelPrize

www.facebook.com/NobelPrize

www.twitter.com/NobelPrize

For archive footage from the announcements, please contact: archives@nobelmedia.se

Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize Outreach spreads knowledge about Nobel Prize-awarded achievements and stimulates interest in science, literature and peace in line with Alfred Nobel’s vision and legacy. The company reaches a global audience of millions through its high-quality productions: The official digital channels of the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize Concert, as well as a series of intercontinental, inspirational lecture events featuring Nobel Laureates.

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