The Federation of European Nutrition Societies has issued guidance for writing and reviewing press releases, It is now available and an article about the guidelines has been published in the European Journal of Nutrition. FENS Working Group 3 developed a handbook to support and guide nutrition scientists in improving the quality and clarity of press releases related to their work by detailing step-by-step guidance for writing and reviewing press releases.

There are also easy-to-use checklists for writing and reviewing a press release and a template for scoring a press release.