Sample
Media Alert - 2
[NOTE: This sample
media alert is drafted for a generic event. Use this format, but make your alert as specific as possible. All information
in italics should be filled in to localize the event in your community.]
MEDIA ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
[Include contact name]
[Date of issue of alert] [Phone
# of contact]
[Your org. name] TO CONVENE COMMUNITY FORUM
WITH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ON ECONOMIC
CONTRIBUTIONS OF [Your state name]'S
COOPERATIVE BUSINESSES
Event to Take Place During National
Co-op Month, October
In
honor of the more than [number of co-ops in state] member-operated cooperative
businesses in [name of state], which represent more than [collective number of members] local residents, [name of congressional candidate] will join [your org. name] in a community
forum on [date and time].
This
event is just one of hundreds occurring nationwide during October, National Cooperative Month. Co-op Month celebrates the
core principles of the cooperative business model, which are identical to those upon which our democracy was founded: independence,
democratic control, responsibility and equality.
[Insert a concise paragraph describing the event and listing the name
and title of the event participants.]
WHO: [List Names and Titles of Participants]
WHAT: Community Forum
to Celebrate National Cooperative Month
WHERE: [List location with street address]
