For your final assignment in Public Relations Writing, you have a choice between two projects. You can either prepare a Social Media News Release OR write a detailed blog post about Social Media News Releases.
See GeorgiaVIEW/BlackBoard for the due date.
Option #1: Prepare a Social Media News Release
- Using either PitchEngine (or PRXbuilder, if you are at Georgia Southern University… it’s blocked at Southeastern University for some reason) OR your WordPress blog create a Social Media News Release for your client.
- See pages 136-139 in Public Relations Writing and Media Techniques on creating your SMNR (NOTE: Your book calls them Smart Media Releases or Multimedia Releases.)
- Include one news release (
it can be based upon a release you’ve turned in for a previous assignmentuse your revised Personality Profile), along with- at least one photo to accompany the story
- at least two relevant quotations
- at least two relevant hyperlinks
- boilerplate information about your client
- tags that help describe your release & client
- If any of the information you are using in the release is not factual, you’ll need to make this very clear with a disclaimer.
- In GeorgiaVIEW/BlackBoard, submit the URL to your SMNR.
Option #2: Write a Blog Post about Social Media News Releases
- Blog post should be 500-1000 words. (NOTE: This will be in much more depth than other blog posts you’ve written
your Week 15 Topic of the Week.) - Include the following in the blog post
- What is a Social Media News Release?
- What are the advantages & disadvantages of a SMNR?
- When should a PR practitioner consider using a SMNR?
- Offer links to at least two websites that will help one create a SMNR
- Provide a link to a SMNR that an organization has created
- Provide 5-10 tips for SMNR creation
- There should be at least five hyperlinks in your blog post. ALWAYS link to sites where you get your information; not doing so is plagiarism.
- In GeorgiaVIEW/BlackBoard, submit the URL to your blog post about the SMNR.
