I’m organizing an event at Concordia. How do I let the media know about it?
The best way to inform the media of an upcoming event is through a media advisory. This is a short press release (one or two paragraphs maximum) that explains the basics of what your event is about, who is participating and when and where the event will take place. This document must be in both English and French. Media Relations can, on occasion, provide you with a list of journalists to send your release to. Please get in contact with our office at extension 4880 in regards to this. If media do show up at your event, you should also have a longer, more explanatory press release to offer them at the event itself, once again in both English and French. A Note On Translations: While many of us are bilingual, and perhaps fluent in speaking other languages, we should resist the temptation to translate documents ourselves. Any translated documents that are being supplied to the media must be excellently translated – professionally if possible. If there is the possibility of journalists sho
