1. Are you paying too much to send out your news releases?
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   If you have been using a corporate newswire service to send out your news releases you are likely paying $500 or more to send out a single release -- and that release may not even be reaching the people you want to reach.
2. The Follow-Up Telephone Call
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2004
   Making follow-up phone calls to the media.
3. Frequently Asked Questions about Sources
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, authors and researchers with the sources they need for their work. SOURCES spotlights organizations, institutions, government agencies, companies, and individuals who want to share their expertise and points of view with the media. The SOURCES directory is used by thousands of reporters and researchers who need to find quotable sources and reliable information for their news stories or research.
4. Getting your story into the media
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources # human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people who make stories interesting and informative.
   For more than 30 years, SOURCES has provided a vital networking service connecting journalists with the sources they need # the experts and spokespersons without whom the media would have no stories to tell.
5. Have new social media made 'traditional' media obsolete?
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   New media provide additional channels for getting messages out, but they don't make older media obsolete. The task is of public relations is to reach people through the media they use. In an increasingly diverse and fragmented world, that means using as many different channels of communication as possible.
6. Helping you reach the media
   How Sources can help you get more and better media coverage
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity like advertising. SOURCES makes it possible for organizations, institutions, companies, and individuals to reach the media effectively, consistently, and inexpensively. SOURCES has been helping organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals get media attention for over 30 years.
7. Publicity 101 for Colleges
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Q: What's the best way for a college to get continuing media attention?
   A: By being found in SOURCES, the Media's Guide to Experts and Spokespersons
   
8. Sources media training
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Media training to ensure that you are ready to handle media interviews. Topics include Message making, Staying newsworthy, Safe spokesperson techniques, Preparation and relaxation techniques, Media ethics and expectations. Simulations of all media venues including talk shows, double enders, stand-up interviews and scrums, print columnists, videographers, and editorial boards.

Experts on Do's and Don'ts of Getting Media Coverage in the Sources Directory

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