Media Savvy for Activists

Working with Media: Choices Campus Community
Part of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance's job is to redirect the media's attention from the Right Wing groups that have grabbed the media's attention and provide a feminist perspective. In order to accomplish this goal, Leadership Alliances must develop media messages and then deliver them. You can use this online resource to craft your media message and fine-tune your media savvy.

Download "Media Strategy"
Download "Working with Press"
Download "What If You Don't Get Press?"
Download "Tools for a Media Strategy"
Download "Publicity and Outreach"
Download "Sample Media Advisory"
Download "Sample Press Release"

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
FAIR, a national media watchdog group, offers online resources for media activists, including a media contact kit, letter-writing guides, current action alerts, and much more. Be sure to check out the rest of their site, with the Women's Desk and more.

 MediaRights.org
Created by a film producer who wanted to create new media and new ways to use media for social change, MediaRights.org offers online workshops for activists on how to do just that! Get tips on how to create and focus media for your social cause.

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