Press Release - Fake Evidence

At the last NESTA workshop we had spoke about press releases and how important they were as they created a good source of advertisement and news coverage. With this in mind we were asked to complete a press release for the business we had been looking at for all of the workshop tasks. 

I began research the internet to find how a press release is wrote, how long it should be and what information should you incorporate into. I completed my own press release which you can see below. 

For immediate release 

Headline:

Marine Workshop Launched to help Broughty Ferry

Paragraph 1:

The Marine Conservation Society have teamed up with the local Broughty Ferry Development Trust and a student interior design currently studying at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design to create a centre. The centre will used by a team from the Marine Conservation Society to hold workshops for children from schools and community groups around the Angus area. It has been set up to help educate the children about the marine wildlife in our seas and to get them and there parents evolved to help save our seas and the wildlife in them. It will be officially opened for there first workshop on the 1st April 2012. 

Paragraph 2:

In the centre the workshops will be held though out the week, depending on the interest there will 4 workshops a week. There will be all different ages groups of children taking part, each workshop will be catered to the age and needs of the children participating. Student design Emma Hegarty, through her individual university project has helped come up with the design for the centre. She has worked on it for the past number of months with both groups to come up with a design that everyone was happy with. 

Paragraph 3:

Ruth from Broughty Ferry Development Trust, “It will be a great opportunity to get the children involved in the marine environment.” “..also help the parents understand more about the sea.”

Ann from Marine Conservation Society, “This is exactly the type of thing needed for this area, to get the children and parents involved, and to generate interest in the beaches and dolphin sightings.” 

Notes for Editors:

- Pictures of the new centre

- Interviews available with the marine conservation society team

- Beach beside centre not up to standards and dolphins sightings in the area 

Contact Details

Name: Emma Hegarty 

Telephone Number: 01234567898

Name: Ann 

Telephone Number: 09874561231