Our Services

July 10, 2011

The Public Affairs News Service Office offers the following services

1. Media relations activities

a. dissemination of news releases
b. dissemination of news advisories
c. pitching news stories to media
d. response to media and public inquiries
e. providing expert responses to inquiries
f. assistance with securing images for news stories
g. monitoring and evaluating news mentions
h. making news releases available in an online new archive (www.www.www)

2. Publication of Columns (faculty and staff newspaper)

a. produce 38 issues of Columns annually
b. feature news related to and of interest to faculty and staff
c. article and information may be submitted to (www.www.www)

3. Management of editorial content on UGA.EDU

a. Discover UGA (ideas may be submitted to cchoke@uga.edu)
b. Amazing Student (ideas may be submitted to cchoke@uga.edu)
c. Events (events that have a broad appeal may be submitted two weeks in advance of the event to cchoke@uga.edu)
d. The UGA Top Feature is interesting information on teaching, research and service initiatives at the university.

4. Web development and design

a. offering support to internal units for development and redesign of select websites, e-newsletters and html e-mail messages

5. Other support services

a. copy editing
b. news writing
c. research writing
d. arranging interviews
e. arranging news conferences
f. conducting media briefings

 

 

News Service

Director
Cynthia Hoke

706 / 542-8083
Public Relations Coordinator
Stephanie Schupska

706 / 542-6927
Public Relations Coordinator
Sara Freeland

706 / 542-8077
Science Writer
April Sorrow

706 / 542-7991

Broadcast, Video and Photography

Director
Steve Bell

706 / 542-8089
Broadcast Coordinator
Pete Konenkamp

706 / 542-8080
Photography
Rick O‘Quinn

706 / 542-8085