Media Support

This page may be a guide in your efforts to promote your coalition.

One ME (Maine) – Stand United for Prevention is:

• Taking a stand against substance abuse
• Mobilizing community youth and adults for change
• Coordinating and investing in effective prevention
• Achieving sustainable results

One ME Press releases

Media Tips:

• Use the press release template (MS Word Doc) and add your organization contact information.
• Develop your own press kit to include your own success story (1-page; optional), One ME information and your photos.
• Include 1 or 2 quotes from key members of your organization.
• Interview local experts or other reliable sources for 1 or 2 quotes for your own story.
• Insert 1 – 2 short paragraphs of a related teen prevention “success story” for which your organization was responsible for.
• Provide photos of individuals interviewed.
• Plan a meeting, press conference, or a series of one-on-one meetings with local media.

Public Relations Guide

The book "How to Tell and Sell Your Story... A Guide to Media for Community Groups and Other Nonprofits" will show you how to plan a media campaign, bring attention to your group's work or issue, stage a press conference, write a press release, write and place "op-eds," influence editorials, and more (64 pages, $7). (Also available as a PDF document. PDF file is 2.49 MB and requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader).

OSA offers MaineParents.net, the Parent Media Campaign Community Partner and Media Support Guide.

In the News – Find what is happening with On ME coalitions through the most recent newspaper articles.

Media List (MS Word Doc) – A list of newspapers in Maine.