Central Michigan University

Media Relations

This area acts as a liaison between the media and specific colleges, and academic and administrative departments. Media relations produces news releases and news tips and also provides photography and videography services. Coordination of media visits to campus, identifying faculty experts for the media, and scheduling news conferences also are responsibilities of this unit.

Phone: 989-774-3197
E-mail: news@cmich.edu
Fax: 989-774-1098
Mail: West Hall
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Media relations staff members and their respective beats and/or duties include:

Steve Smith
Director of media relations
Crisis and issues management
President's Office Provost's
Office Dean of Students
Development and Alumni Relations
Finance and Administrative Services
Public Broadcasting
Other administrative units

Lindsay Allen
Assistant director of media relations
College of Communication and Fine Arts
College of Education and Human Services
Calendar/Campus events
Offices reporting to the Dean of Students
CMU in the News

Kristi DePaul Ries
Assistant director of media relations
Center for Applied Research and Technology
The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions
College of Science and Technology
Office for Institutional Diversity
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
University Libraries

Heather Smith
Assistant director of media relations
College of Business Administration
College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences
College of Graduate Studies
Office of International Education

Tim O'Brien
Assistant director of broadcast/web communications
Audio and video production
New media design and implementation, including Podcasting and streaming audio/video
Technical consultation for media projects
Audio and video content for media outlets, including B-roll for broadcast media
Archiving audio/video news related to CMU
Radio/television advertising
Public service announcements

Robert Barclay
Director of photography and videography
Create and maintain a continually updated collection of “campus scenic” photos
Photographer for athletic and university events, publications and other related needs
Create photos that illustrate stories written by the media relations unit
Process archival photo requests from negative files and photo print requests
Maintain and update the faculty, staff and administration studio “head shots”

Terri Nelson
Specialist Clerk
Public Relations and Marketing front office and clerical duties
CMUMEDIA coordination
News release preparation, including proofreading, editing, posting to Web site
Distribution of honors lists and graduate lists to media
Respond to requests/questions from various constituencies
Special projects

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