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● Introduction & Index ● What is PR ● Job Expectations ● Types of Media ● Building Relationships ● Media, Hams & FCC Rules ● The Basic News Release ● Interviews and Live ● Making your own show ● Easy P.R. ● Public Service Events ● Piggy-back to Events ● Pictures NOW! ● P.R. Research Aids ● Making Friends ● ARES® PIO ● Final Exam Information |
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Questions You see the following news story: Oklahoma Hams Warn of Oncoming Tornadoes (today) — A rare winter tornado struck Oklahoma around dinner time on Tuesday. According to various news reports, Oklahoma officials credited Amateur Radio operators with spotting the tornadoes and relaying the information to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service in Philatawny wrote … 12.1 Philatawny was badly hit by a tornado. As a PIO you a - Need to know exactly where Philatawny is located b - Can contact your local TV about your own community preparedness c - Contact the news paper about the deficiencies in Emergency Planning d - Relax. It’s not in your area of the country 12.2 You have written up a local counter-story. Next, you should a - email it to your reporter list b- mail it to your reporter list c - have addtional contact information available d - A&C e - B&C 12.3 Developing local counter-stories to national news events is a - hard to do b - time limited c - only for PIC’s and/or national level staff d - unappreciated by local media |
