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Handling the Media
Who would find this resource useful?
This toolkit offers valuable tips for organisations that want to know how to handle the media. It will be especially useful for organisations that want to think through issues to do with relating to the mass media, and for people who do interviews with the media. The focus is on civil society organisations handling the media.
An organisation might use this resource when….
- Wanting to better understand the media
- Developing press statements
- Preparing for interviews with, or working with, journalists
How can this resource help?
This toolkit offers pointers to understanding how newsrooms work in the mass media. It looks at issues of power and control, and moves on to offering practical guidelines when doing interviews with newspapers, radio or television journalists. It also looks at issuing press statements.