  With the availability of nice images and amazing, dramatic stories, the
fundamental questions it addresses, and the attraction is exerces on many, it
is often assumed that astronomy is an obvious topic for the media. Looking more
carefully, however, one realises that the truth is perhaps not as glamorous as
one would hope, and that, although well present in the media, astronomy's
coverage is rather tiny, and often, limited to the specialised pages or
magazines.
