News Release Workshop
You do good work. You want people to know about it. But how do you spread the word?
This Web site will show you, with a guide to writing a news release.
We urge you to follow the links in order. They are built to walk you through thinking about, writing and polishing a clear, useful news release.
- Tips for success: Four simple tips to make your news releases better.
- Model news release #1: An annotated sample of a release you can use as a guide.
- Model news release #2: Another annotated sample.
- News release worksheet: An exercise to help you think through the details of your release.
- Polishing tools: After you've completed a draft of your release, this tip sheet will help you refine it.
- Flesch and the Common Man: An essay on how readable language can improve organizations.
- Things to avoid: What not to do with your news release.
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