Working with Media

University Relations offers media training to assist leaders, faculty, staff, and others to better understand the media landscape, the basics of interacting with media and preparing for interviews. Those interested in media training should contact University Relations.

U media outlets

Expert Alerts are distributed to local, state and national media in response to timely or trending topics in the news. Expert Alerts amplify University of Minnesota expertise and are used by journalists as sources for their stories. 

Talking...with UMN is a resource for media outlets for which University of Minnesota faculty answer five questions on current and other topics of general interest. The primary audiences for this vehicle are in greater Minnesota and other regional areas served by media outlets with limited staff, as the format is suitable to be directly republished. 

Research Briefs are concise, 350-500 word summaries of research that has been published in a journal and linked online. The core information for a Research Brief is written by faculty with the goal of making the research understandable to a lay audience. Research Briefs are distributed to targeted local, state, national, and international media, posted to the News & Events website and shared on social media. An online form is available to easily guide faculty through summarizing published research for this media- and audience-friendly format.