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MEDIA RELATIONS UNIT
Remit
The Media Relations Unit 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.
Almost 200 press releases were circulated during 2005
to newspapers, magazines, television newsrooms and radio
stations. Among topics covered were:
- world debt and Make Poverty History
- 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 Relations Unit.
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 resources 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 unit 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 2005 seeing the website's hit rate (individual
page impressions) top 2.5 million. That represented
a 46 per cent increase in visits from 2004, which itself
was already a substantial increase on the previous year's
hits.
The Media Relations Unit team
The team is led by head of media relations, Pat Holdgate,
with senior press officer, Grant MacLennan, and press
officer, Gordon Bell.
The website and extranet is also managed and updated
on a daily basis by the Media Relations Unit.
Contact details
For further information please email
Or you can contact:
The Media Relations Unit
Church of Scotland
121 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4YN
Telephone: 0131 225 5722 or 0131 240 2243
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