Media Outreach 101 | An Indivisible MOV Training

Name: Media Outreach 101 | An Indivisible MOV Training
Start: 2025-08-25T17:30:00-04:00
Location: Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library

Schedule

Mon, 25 Aug, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library | Parkersburg, WV

Are you interested in learning about external communication to support your activism? Come to this 90-minute training! Here, you will learn:
-the basics of writing a press release
-best practices for contacting reporters and editors
-how to write and submit a letter to the editor
...and more!
This training will take place in the board room at the Emerson location of the Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library from 5:30-7 p.m. on Monday, August 25. The board room is limited to 16 people, so this event is first come, first served. For those who cannot attend in person, there will be a Zoom link available prior to the event.
About Your Training Leaders:
Meryl Clark has more than 15 years of public relations and journalism experience ranging from working at several newspapers and doing PR for a statewide labor union to her current role as a Senior Communications Coordinator for a nonprofit. Today, she writes weekly press releases, works closely with reporters and editors, and knows what it takes to get a story picked up by media outlets.
Eric Engle is Board President of Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action, a climate and environmental nonprofit founded in 2015, and Chief Steward for Chapter 190 of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). Eric is a frequent contributor of op-Ed pieces to the Parkersburg News & Sentinel and Charleston Gazette-Mail that have been consistently published for over a decade. He has been a publishing Substack author since September 2023.