How to Get Your Story Told: Effective Engagement with Local Media

Newsworthy stories happen every day in shelters across the country. Local media is vital in lifesaving success for shelters but how do you get your local media's attention? Learn how to cultivate relationships with news sources and tips and tricks from a marketing director and an Emmy Award-winning newscaster.

Presented by Sarah Collica and Nikki Reck

About Sarah Collica: 

With more than 10 years of experience in public relations, communications and marketing, Sarah specializes in storytelling, garnering earned media coverage and reputation management. She's worked in nonprofit, agency and healthcare, supporting everything from small B2B companies and statewide charitable initiatives to a nation-wide Fortune 500 company. Sarah is a long-time cat and dog foster and a forever animal lover. 

About Nikki Reck: 

Nikki started working at Pima Animal Care Center in July 2018, where she had previously worked as a volunteer. She spent 10 years working in broadcast news before that, winning a regional Emmy Award for Best Newscast in 2018. She and her husband Craig have two rescue Chihuahua mixes and they frequently have a foster or two running around in their home.

Establish a Lifesaving Foundation, Increase Live Outcomes, Animal & Population Management, Community Outreach, Live Outcomes, marketing and communications, media relations, press releases,