How to Relate with Media

How are you responding to and working with the media? If you plan to promote an event or raise awareness of issues through the print and electronic media you will need to think about the following:

• Why bother?
• What opportunities are available to you?
• What makes NEWS?
• How to get your message to the media
• Identify the media that will be interested in your story
• Identify most relevant media personnel
• Think 'media' - at an event
• Think 'media' - after an event
• Setting up a plan for media enquiries
• Ten rules for handling the media

A guide to relating with the media for parishes, schools, diocesan organisations. Download as a Word document.

For more information about relating with the media contact the Diocesan Communications Office on Ph: (02) 4979 1136, Fax: (02) 4979 1137 or email us.