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Media Liaison

The community's voice in the local press — the person who turns campaigns and community wins into stories your neighbors actually read.

Role type
External-facing
Level of effort
Regular

Responsibilities

  • Pitch local reporters on stories worth covering
  • Write op-eds and letters to the editor
  • Handle inbound press requests and interviews
  • Build ongoing relationships with local journalists
  • Coordinate messaging with campaign leadership

Skills & traits

  • Can write persuasively for a general audience
  • Comfortable on record with reporters
  • Understands what makes a story newsworthy to an editor

Bonus

  • Prior journalism, PR, or communications background
  • Existing relationships with local reporters
  • Media training

Good fit if:you actually read the local paper — and have opinions about the coverage.