{"id":259,"date":"2023-05-26T13:37:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2023-05-26T14:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:41:38","slug":"media-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/media-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default\"><div class=\"wp-block-umflint-jumbotron jumbotron jumbotron-fluid jumbotron-page-large  mb-3\" style=\"background-color: rgb(47, 50, 55);\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-card card card-default \"><h1 class=\"card-header\">Media Relations<\/h1><div class=\"card-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n<a\n    id=\"block-block_646bcf9f43371\"\n    class=\"btn mb-3 mb-md0 d-inline-flex btn-icon bg-warning\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScWCA2jf0w8mSv_UXTBBqZylwlECVl49GT4xvFGQkFck3fGgg\/viewform\"\n    title=\"Submit Story Request\"\n    target=\"_blank\" >\n            <span class=\"btn-icon-image\">\n            <i class=\"fas fa-book-open\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"btn-icon-text\">\n            Submit Story Request        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jumbotron-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Media-Relations_2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Media-Relations_2.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Media-Relations_2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Media-Relations_2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Media-Relations_2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Media-Relations_2-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Media-Relations_2-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-3\">\n\t\t\t\n<button class=\"btn btn-section w-100 px-0 wp-menu-block-toggle mobile-nav-toggle d-none\" data-target=\"wp-menu-block-side-menu\">\n          <span class=\"h-100 mr-3 mt-1 d-block mobile-nav-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t  <\/span>\n          Office of Marketing &amp; 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Communications<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">Media Relations<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<p>Marketing and Communications exist to enhance and amplify the messages of those UM-Flint students, faculty members, staffers, colleges, schools, and departments doing incredible things. Our university is a treasure chest of expertise, research successes, and tales of personal triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScWCA2jf0w8mSv_UXTBBqZylwlECVl49GT4xvFGQkFck3fGgg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Those are stories worth telling and sharing<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key element in any marketing effort is news coverage. UM-Flint\u2019s media relations professionals constantly seek ways to generate coverage to enhance the university&#8217;s image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite you to contact us with information about your research, exceptional students, and special events. While we can&#8217;t promise coverage of every opportunity, we will assess the newsworthiness of activities and, depending on the story and timing, may do one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Write a story for the university&#8217;s website and\/or social media outlets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pitch the story to reporters or producers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write and distribute a news release.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote the story as part of a trend (something happening in higher education across the state, for example).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Robb King<\/strong><br>Director<br><a href=\"mailto:rwking@umich.edu\">rwking@umich.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Logan McGrady<\/strong><br>Marketing &amp; Digital Communication Manager<br><a href=\"mailto:lmcgrady@umich.edu\">lmcgrady@umich.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/media-relations\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}