Media Training

UF's Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing offers media training for faculty to help prepare for interviews and media events.

Why work with the media?

Media interviews allow you to share your expertise, have a positive impact on current events and demonstrate the value of publicly funded research. By engaging in media interviews, you lift your reputation - and that of the university, college and department - as trusted sources of information.

Participating in media training

Media training helps you to better understand the media landscape and what makes news. It will help you to know what makes a great story and how to contact a journalist to get coverage on future research and projects. You will also gain the confidence to communicate with the media and take control of interviews.

What to expect?

Training sessions are scheduled for one hour time slots. Sessions can be scheduled individually or for several department members to participate at the same time.

If you are interested in scheduling a media training session, please contact Brittany Sylvestri at bsylvestri@ufl.edu.