New York City – Media Day
I have been in NYC and completed my meeting with various media venues in my role as ALA president. I think I talked for 7 hours straight!
Accompanying me were Macey Morales from ALA’s PIO office and folks from ProMedia who set up all the meetings. My thanks to all of them for making this experience memorable.
The whole purpose of this media day was to talk to various media outlets about libraries and my presidential initiatives. We hoped to pitch possible stories that each of the media venues could include in their publications. We talk about a lot of topics dealing with libraries such as literacy, advocacy, diversity, serving diverse communities, the economic challenges in our country and the many ways libraries are helping, etc.
We met with representatives from More magazine, Ser Padres (Parents) magazine, Time for Kids, Ladies Home Journal, NY Daily News, O, Latina magazine. It was wonderful to know that folks that we met with were very supportive of libraries, in general. Many were interested in the literacy component of my presidential initiative.
Although it was an exhausting day, it was also very rewarding. ProMedia folks will be following up with each venue for us to continue to keep them interested in libraries in the U.S.
I was honored to represent ALA in this effort. Will keep you posted on the results of this effort.
Tags: Ladies Home Journal, Latina magazine, media day, More magazine, NY Daily News, NYC media and libraries, O magazine, Parents magazine, Time for kids
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