Public relations: releases, media and events

Step by step

1. In the left menu, open Secretariat and press Public Relations.
2. Releases: on Releases and notices, press New release.
   • Choose the Kind: Press release or Public notice. Fill in the Headline, Publish on date, Summary (one or two sentences for the media) and Full text.
   • Press Save. It is saved and sent for approval, with the status Waiting for approval.
   • The approver opens it and presses Approve. It becomes Approved, not yet published.
   • Open it and press Publish on the day. It is marked Published with today's date. Share it with the media and on the Council's channels.
   • To take it down, press Withdraw. To make changes before publishing, press Back to draft or Edit.
3. Media: on Media enquiries, press Log an enquiry.
   • Fill in the Media outlet (for example Joy FM), Journalist, Phone or email, Received, Topic, What they asked and Their deadline.
   • Choose who it is Handled by and its Status. When you reply, write Our response and set the status to Answered.
4. Events: on Events and outreach, press Add an event.
   • Fill in Title, Kind, Date, Venue, Region, People expected and who it is Led by.
   • After the event, open it and fill in People who came and How it went, and set the status to Held.