MEDIA RELATIONS WORK
Building relationships with media contacts to help companies and clients gain better brand awareness
January 2021
GIRLS NITE LIVE 400TH WORKSHOP MEDIA KIT
As a member of the public relations intern team, I collaborated with my team members to produce a media kit, including a press release and backgrounder, to promote Girls Nite Live's 400th workshop, a huge milestone for the platform. The story was covered by Cameron Fields, a journalist for Cleveland.com.
January 2021
GIRLS NITE LIVE WOMEN'S SPEAKER GROUP MEDIA KIT
As a member of the public relations intern team, I collaborated with my team members to produce a media kit, including a press release and backgrounder, to promote Girls Nite Live's new Women's Speaker Group platform. The story was covered by Aunyea Lachelle, a reporter for NBC Philadelphia.
November 2020
TOUCH CLEVELAND LLC UNSPOKEN MEDIA KIT
As a public relations intern at Touch Cleveland LLC, I wrote the press release and backgrounder to garner surrounding the launch of the firm's special web series, "Unspoken: Impact Series" that launched virtually on Youtube Premiere. The event was covered by Cameron Fields, a journalist for Cleveland.com.
August 2019
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART PRESS RELEASE
While working at the Cleveland Museum of Art, I crafted the press release for the monthly party, MIX: Lagos, to garner media attention for the event. This press release was sent to local Cleveland reporters and journalists who were invited to attend the event to write their stories. The event was covered by Steven Litt, a journalist for Cleveland.com.
October 2018
PITCH EMAIL
Working in public relations requires practitioners to write pitch emails to the press to invite journalists to events in hopes of getting them to write news stories in their respective publications. Below is an example of a pitch email written in my news and public relations writing class.
The following information is not intended to be factual but is part of a class assignment on pitch emails at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, October 2018. All information is intended to be sourced appropriately.
October 2018
NEW HIRE PRESS RELEASE
One of the most common documents to write as a public relations professional is a press release, or news release. Below is an example of a press release for a new hire joining the senior management ranks of the U.S.-based company.
The following information is not intended to be factual but is part of a class assignment on writing press releases at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, October 2018. All information is intended to be sourced appropriately.