Central Services Committee
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MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Remit
The Media and Communication Department facilitates quick and effective
liaison between the Church and the print and broadcast
media. The unit’s team of professional, experienced
staff answer numerous phone calls daily from journalists
looking for information or for comments about Church-related
subjects and matters of national or international importance.
Press releases are circulated
during the year to newspapers, magazines, television newsrooms and radio
stations. Among topics covered are:
- world debt and social justice
- homelessness
- cloning
- the Middle East crisis
- ecumenical issues
- youth matters
- education
- Moderator’s presbytery visits
- Guild international projects
- congregational anniversaries
Click here to go to
our online newsroom to read the latest press releases
issued by the Media and Communication Department.
Support for the ministries
Media relations staff offer guidance and support on proactive
and reactive media work to ministers and Church officials.
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This includes the monthly publication Good News
which provides a one-stop resource of images
and information for local parish newsletter and
website editors.
Click here
to visit our Good News page to read the latest
issues of the local parish editor's resource.
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The website and extranet
The department is also responsible for the maintenance and development
of this website, and our extranet area which has been
developed as an essential resource for staff, office bearers
and those in the ministries.
The website has gone from strength to strength in recent
years with the website's hit rate (individual
page impressions) top 2.5 million.
The Media and Communication team
The team is led by head of media relations, Stuart Wilson,
with senior media relations officer, Nick Jury, and media relations officer, Gordon Bell.
The website and extranet is also managed and updated
on a daily basis by the Media and Communication web team.
Contact details
For further information please email
Or you can contact:
The Media and Communication Department
Church of Scotland
121 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4YN
Telephone: 0131 225 5722 or 0131 240 2243
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