Our staff are
accustomed to working with news media of all sizes and types--whether you
represent a hometown weekly newspaper, an urban daily newspaper, a radio
station or a major television broadcast network. The Florida 4-H Youth
Development Program strives to reply to media inquiries in a timely
manner. Please state your deadline and publication when
contacting us. We also try to encourage good media relations in training
programs with county 4-H agents, 4-H volunteers and youth, so if you have
suggestions, please let us know.
State Level Media Contact
Laura Lok
State 4-H Public Relations & Communications Coordinator
3103 McCarty Hall, PO Box 110225, Gainesville, FL 32611-0225
phone(352)846-0996 ext. 237,
fax (352)846-0999, lclok@ufl.edu
If not available, please contact Dr. Marilyn N. Norman, State 4-H Leader,
(352)846-0996, cellular (863)206-1654, mnnorman@mail.ifas.ufl.edu.
Information We Routinely Provide at a State Level in Response to Media
Inquiries
 Background
- in response to questions
about what the H's stand for, emblem use,
the 4-H pledge, the 4-H
motto and creed, 4-H history
in Florida, the 4-H youth development movement, etc.
Big Picture
Comments - to enhance local 4-H stories to give a broad perspective,
how many are doing similar projects or programs in our state, nation, etc.
Photographs
- from state 4-H events for publication by professional news media. We can
provide traditional prints or electronic files. An online archive of stock
photos is being developed through the IFAS
Communications news and photo website.
Program Info & Comments
- about state-level activities like Florida 4-H Congress, Florida
4-H Legislature, the 4-H camping program, state major programs, district
level programs, county level programs, special events, 4-H environmental
education centers, etc.
Public
Service Announcements - Radio
scripts available on our website. Television
PSAs are also available. We have a limited stock of broadcast quality
television PSAs and also slides for movie theater use. National
4-H Week resources are available too.
Referrals
to County 4-H
Contacts, local contacts & Youth - for reporters trying to find the local
tie-in or interview youth impacted by 4-H. A list of fairs is also
available from the Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services if you are searching
for information specific to fair programs.
Statistics
- numbers of youth involved in 4-H and
4-H project areas in Florida.
University
of Florida Youth Development Experts - University of Florida faculty and staff with
expertise in a field of youth development who are prepared to answer
questions from the media and provide resources for them. We have
specialists with expertise in youth development specific to animal
science, 4-H club development, volunteer service, service learning,
poultry science, dairy science, beekeeping, entomology, energy education,
communications, public speaking, horticulture, gardening, plant science
and much more.
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