Media Coverage Tips

The Communication office will assist you with publicizing your upcoming events, both internal and external. We will also handle posting your information on the front page of the Park University web site as the event nears.

• Contact us immediately after setting a date for your event - whether it is a lecture, conference, special program for students, visitors from another school, etc. We will follow up with an immediate confirmation and then request more information six to eight weeks prior to the actual event.
• When scheduling an event or guest speaker, please ask the contact person to send a photograph and a biography with the contract you sign. You can send all information and photos to Communication office and it will be filed for use when the event gets closer. (If sending digital photos, please make sure they have a resolution of 300 dpi.)
• When sending out information for inclusion for Imprint Express or a news release, submit a "Park News" form with the information.
• Once we receive your information, the event will be added to the Communication Office events calendar and we will develop ways to generate interest off campus as well as including the information in Imprint Express.
• All story ideas are welcome—hard news, features, human interest. Please, do not feel awkward about submitting information about yourself - we won't know if you don't tell us. Submit information about colleagues who have won awards or earned an outstanding achievement, students who are being considered for an award or who have received a scholarship. Do not limit your submissions to guest speakers and conferences.
• The key to getting good coverage both on campus and off is by contacting the Communication office immediately after an event date has been confirmed. Most events will get little to no publicity if a news release is not in the hands of the media by their submission deadline.
• For more information about contacting the Communication office and what we can do to help you during the academic year, please visit our department page.

We appreciate your assistance in highlighting the interesting offerings available on this campus.

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