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  Introduction & Index

 

  What is PR 

 

  Job Expectations        

 

  Types of Media

 

  Building Relationships      

 

  Media, Hams & FCC Rules 

 

  The Basic News Release      

 

  Interviews and Live 

 

  Making your own show 

 

  Easy P.R. 

 

  Public Service Events 

 

  Piggy-back to  Events 

 

  Pictures NOW!  

 

  P.R. Research Aids 

 

  Making Friends

 

  ARES® PIO

 

  Final Exam Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 14 - Research Aids

 

 

 

 

As a PIO, you not only will be putting out information but also need to get information.  Thankfully, the internet has made getting information a lot easier and faster.  But you often need to know where to start looking.  Here are some of the basic links that are regularly used.  There are many more.  Because the internet changes (almost daily), some links may not work by the time you read this.  But it is a start.

 

about ham radio                      http://www.arrl.org

about PR                                 http://aboutpublicrelations.net/basics.htm

about PR                                 http://www.publicityinsider.com/

Amateur Radio stats               http://www.ah0a.org

Licenses                                     http://www.arrl.org/pio/hamlic.html

ARRL                                     http://www.arrl.org/pio/thearrl.html

audio PSA                               http://www.arrl.org/pio

display kits                              http://www.arrl.org/brochures/

logos                                       http://www.arrl.org/logos

PIO information                      http://www.arrl.org/pio

press releases                           http://www.arrl.org/pio/reporter.html#releases

 

research news stories              http://news.google.com/

research people                       http://www.anywho.com/

research rumors on web          http://www.snopes.com/

research old websites              http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

 

 

research websites                    http://www.google.com

research websites                    http://www.yahoo.com

research websites                    http://www.dogpile.com

 

search engines         http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html

TV - live news                        http://www.livenewscameras.com/

videos                      http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/materials/videos.html

PSA type videos                        http://www.arrl.org/pio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of your BEST resources will be looking though the pages of Contact, the monthly e-zine just for PIOs http://www.arrl.org/pio/contact/#current