MEDIA RELATIONS
Best Practices
- Be responsive. Most reporters are on a tight deadline and will move on to other experts if you do not respond promptly.
- Ask for questions in advance. Newsroom policies are changing. Reporters are often juggling multiple stories and are often willing to communicate via email.
- Ask to speak on background first. Before you go into an “on the record” conversation, ask the reporter to give you more background on the topic and story direction. Have a casual conversation before you answer questions officially so you can establish a rapport with the reporter and formulate your answers.
- Practice with a colleague. Treat the interview as you would a presentation. Think through your responses.
How To Tell Your Story
Whether you have news to share with the Georgia State community or a regional, national or global audience, we’re here to work with you. Do you know a student, graduate, professor or any other Panther with an exceptional story? We want to hear from you.
Reach out to a communications professional in your college or school or in Public Relations and Marketing Communications’ central office for help with strategies for getting your story to the right audience in the most effective way.
Central Communicators
Andrea Jones
Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Communications
404-413-1351
William Inman
Executive Editor for Public Relations and Marketing Communications
404-413-1355
Noelle Toumey Reetz
Communications Manager, Research & Economic Development
404-413-6649
Jeremy Craig
Manager of Marketing & Public Relations, Office of the Provost
404-413-1374
College and School Communicators
Jaya Franklin
Interim Director of Communications, College of Law
404-413-9264
Angela Turk
Director of Communications, College of Education
404-413-8114
Anna Varela
Director of Communications, College of Arts and Sciences
404-413-5049
College and School Communicators
Angela Arnold Go
Director of Communications, Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions
404-413-1083
David Elsea
Publications Specialist, School of Public Health
404-413-9332
Jennifer French Giarratano
Public Relations Manager, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
404-413-0028
Kysa Daniels
Publications Specialist, Perimeter College
678-891-2723
Ashley McKelvy
Director of Communications, Honors College
404-413-5571
LaTina Emerson
Associate Director of Communications, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
404-413-1353
Monica Cooper
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Robinson College of Business
404-413-7077
Tony Mangle
Director of Communications, College of the Arts
404-413-3173