MERCATOR OCEAN JOURNA: 
SEPTEMBER 2021 
2. EDITORIAL, NEWSLETTER, 
AND PRESS RELATIONS 
News articles posted on our site and on the Copernicus 
Observer have been identified as a powerful way to 
regularly deliver scientific, technical and non-technical 
aducational content to our wide range of users. We 
increased the number of articles published in 2020 by 50% 
as compared to 2016. Our website has some 240 articles 
and 120 event articles. In our editorial content we cover 
many topics including but not limited to: information on the 
state of the ocean, advances in our services and products, 
advances in the field of operational oceanography, ocean 
policy and conservation, and the work of our partners. In 
2019 we launched a quarterly newsletter. We also regularly 
participate in publications in the Copernicus Observer. 
Having iIdentified the enormous impact of press and 
mainstream news in the widespread distribution of 
information, in 2021 we significantly changed our strategy 
and internal workflow. We have gone from relying heavily on 
in-house editorial production and distribution, to working with 
several top science reporting and press relation agencies in 
Europe. The fruits of this work will be felt in the next [2021 
2027] Copernicus phase, where we will continue to rely on 
expert European partners for press relations. This includes 
the translation and distribution of press releases and editoria 
zontent into maijor European languages for maximum uptake. 
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