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Media Directories and Databases
Resources
Wire Services That Distribute Press Materials
Media Relations for Nonprofits
Sources of Public Opinion Research
Framing and Message Development
Crisis Management

Media Directories and Databases

BurrellesLuce
75 East Northfield Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
Phone: 800-631-1160 or 973-992-6600
Fax: 973-992-7675
www.burrellesluce.com

Community Media Workshop: Chicago Media Directory
2008 Getting on the Air, Online & into Print: A Guide to Chicago Area Media and Beyond
600 S. Michigan
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312-369-6400
Fax: 312-344-6404
www.newstips.org

Resources

Hudson’s Washington News Media Contacts Directory (Washington DC area)
Penn Hill Publications
738 Main Street, Suite 447
Waltham, MA 02451
www.hudsonsdirectory.com

Media Post
1140 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-204-2000
Fax: 212-204-2038
www.mediapost.com

New America Media Directory 2008 (ethnic media)
275 Ninth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-503-4170
Fax: 415-503-0970
http://news.newamericamedia.org

News Media Yellow Book
104 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-627-4140
Fax: 212-645-0931
www.leadershipdirectories.com

Vocus
4296 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, MD 20706
Phone: 301-459-2590 or 800-345-5572
Fax: 301-459-2827
www.vocus.com

Wire Services That Distribute Press Materials

AlterNet
77 Federal Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415-284-1420
Fax: 415-284-1414
www.alternet.org

AlterNet is an online news service for the progressive community that is visited by millions of people each month. AlterNet focuses on environmental, human rights, civil liberties, and social justice issues.

PR Newswire
810 Seventh Avenue, 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 201-360-6700 or 800-832-5522
Fax: 212-596-1506
www.prnewswire.com

Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in fourteen countries and routinely sends news to outlets in 135 countries and in forty languages. Costs for distribution vary. PR Newswire distributes both national materials and state-specific information.

Media Relations for Nonprofits

There are many for-profit media organizations and public relations firms that specialize in work with nonprofits. For a list, contact info@ccmc.org.

American Forum
1071 National Press Building
Washington, DC 20045
Phone: 202-638-1431
Fax: 202-638-1434
www.mediaforum.org

American Forum has more than thirty state-based organizations that regularly distribute op-ed pieces to newspapers within those states.

Effect Communications
1836 Blake Street, #100A
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-292-1524
www.causecommunications.com

Cause Communications was founded in 1997 and provides the following services: story placements in the media, media workshops, strategic communications planning, viral marketing, and Web site assistance for nonprofits.

Green Media Toolshed
1212 New York Avenue, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-464-5350
www.greenmediatoolshed.org

Green Media Toolshed works with the environmental community to strengthen its communications infrastructure.

Mainstream Media Project
854 Ninth Street, Suite B
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: 707-826-9111
Fax: 707-826-9112
www.mainstream-media.net

This nonprofit organization helps other nonprofits get coverage on radio stations across the country. It issues media alerts, places experts on radio programs, and coordinates its own syndicated radio show.

The National Press Club
529 Fourteenth Street, NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
Phone: 202-662-7500
Fax: 202-662-7512
http://npc.press.org

Select cities have press clubs with facilities for news conferences and meeting rooms with reporters. For example, the National Press Club in Washington DC has excellent meeting facilities. They are a full-service venue for press conferences, forums, breakfasts, lunches, dinners, meetings, or receptions.

Their Broadcast Operations Center is a state-of-the-art full-service digital video production facility. The Press Club offers high-quality, high-speed direct cable transmission of live video and audio from every press conference room to news bureaus everywhere, including high and low bandwidth, live or archived streaming, and webcasting of events.

For a complete list of National Press Club and Broadcast Operations Center services, go to http://press.org/facilities. Or to contact them directly, e-mail them at events@press.org or boc@press.org.

The Progressive Media Project
409 East Main Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-257-4626
Fax: 608-257-3373
www.progressive.org

The Progressive Media Project distributes op-ed articles to newspapers across the country. Each year, two hundred to three hundred are distributed through this service. The Project also conducts writing classes for nonprofits, foundations, and advocates.

Public News Service
Boulder Office
3980 Broadway, Suite 103, Box 139
Boulder, CO 80304
Phone: 303-448-9105 or 888-891-9416
Fax: 208-247-1830

Boise Office
1810 West State Street #420
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 888-891-9416
Fax: 208-247-1830
www.publicnewsservice.org

Public News Service is a socially responsible company that is building new models of community-accountable media. They are building a fifty-state network of cross-platform and multi-issue new services.

The Spin Project
149 Natoma Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-227-4200
Fax: 415-495-4206
www.spinproject.org

The Spin Project works with a wide range of nonprofits to conduct communications audits and communications strategy development and workshops. They also host an annual Spin Academy for scores of nonprofit leaders seeking to improve their communications efforts.

Sources of Public Opinion Research

Belden Russonello & Stewart
1320 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-822-6090
Fax: 202-822-6094
www.brspoll.com

Belden Russonello & Stewart is a national public opinion research firm that conducts polling, workshops, and message development on a wide range of progressive issues, such as civil rights, the environment, education reform, and health care. The firm’s most recent reports are available on its Web site.

Charlton Research Company
Oregon Office
333 Limpy Creek Road
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Phone: 541-476-4050
Fax: 541-476-4051

Maryland Office
13017 Wisteria Drive #452
Germantown, MD 20874
Phone: 301-515-2800
Fax: 301-515-2807
www.charltonresearch.com

Charlton Research Company publishes the Charlton Report, a regular assessment of public opinion. Charlton also conducts omnibus polls on national and California-specific issues. Some of the firm’s polls, on a wide range of issues, are available on its Web site.

 

Charney Research
1133 Broadway, Suite 1321
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-929-6933
Fax: 212-929-8995
www.charneyresearch.com

"Charney Research is America’s most multi-cultural research firm, able to reach national audiences and every sub-group of Americans, Ethiopians to Vietnamese, Albanians to Ukrainians … not to mention African-, Caribbean-, Indian-, Chinese-, Arab-, Pakistani- and Hispanic-Americans of every type.  We’ve helped many advocates and groups advance family’s, children’s, health, and social policy issues."

 

The Gallup Report Monthly
The Gallup Building
901 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-715-3030
Fax: 202-715-3041
www.gallup.com

The Gallup Poll has published this subscription report monthly since 1965. It contains articles from the weekly Gallup Poll Briefing, reprinted in full, including the poll questions, the results, and detailed demographic tables, in an easy-to-read format.

Harris Interactive
60 Corporate Woods
Rochester, NY 14623-1457
Phone: 585-272-8400 or 800-866-7655
www.harrisinteractive.com

The Harris Poll has been released several times a week since 1965. It provides up-to-date readings on the pulse of the American public by following public opinion on current issues in the news. On request, Harris Interactive will provide complete demographic details for all questions in its releases.

iPOLL Databank
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Homer Babbidge Library
369 Fairfield Way, Unit 2164
Storrs, CT 06269-2164
Phone: 860-486-4440
Fax: 860-486-6308
www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html

This online databank of U.S. public opinion polls is rich in subject matter. iPOLL contains nearly five hundred thousand survey questions and answers asked in the United States from the past sixty-five years by more than 150 survey organizations. iPOLL is operated by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and is available on the Web. A limited version of iPOLL is offered free. Yearly subscriptions and one-time searches also are available.

Lake Research Partners
1726 M Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-776-9066
Fax: 202-776-9074
www.lakesnellperry.com

Lake Research Partners is a national public opinion and political strategy research firm working with progressive nonprofits on such issues as women’s rights, youth and children, and the environment. Polling data are available on the organization’s Web site.

Pew Center for People and the Press
1615 L Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-419-4350
Fax: 202-419-4399
www.people-press.org

The Pew Center for People and the Press is sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Center conducts research on attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues. During election years, the Center conducts numerous polls on issues of concern to voters and the political candidates at the national level. All the surveys are available on the Center’s Web site.

Public Agenda Online
New York Office
6 East Thirty-ninth Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-686-6610
Fax: 212-889-3461

Washington Office
1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1090 East
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-292-1020
Fax: 202-775-8885
www.publicagenda.org

Public Agenda Online was founded by prominent pollster Daniel Yankelovich. It frequently works with foundations and nonprofits to conduct survey research on such issues as education, the economy, foreign policy, the military, homelessness, and housing. All the organization’s polls are available online at its Web site.

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
University of Connecticut
Homer Babbidge Library
369 Fairfield Way, Unit 2164
Storrs, CT 06269-2164
Phone: 860-486-4440
Fax: 860-486-6308
www.ropercenter.uconn.edu

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is the leading educational facility in the field of public opinion. The Center exists to promote the intelligent, responsible, and imaginative use of public opinion in addressing the problems faced by Americans and citizens of other nations. The Roper Center strives to improve the practice of survey research and the use of survey data in the United States and abroad.

Framing and Message Development

Community Media Workshop
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312-369-6400
Fax: 312-344-6404
www.newstips.org

Community Media Workshop works in the Chicago area to train individuals and organizations on how to formulate effective messages, establish good media relationships, and plan communications initiatives.

The FrameWorks Institute
1776 I Street, NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
www.frameworksinstitute.org

The FrameWorks Institute conducts communications research to aid nonprofit organizations in expanding their constituencies, building public will, and furthering public understanding of specific social issues.

The Institute for Global Ethics
11 Main Street
P.O. Box 563
Camden, ME 04843
www.globalethics.org

The Institute for Global Ethics works with individuals and organizations to provide publications, speakers, and other assistance to make ethics an integral part of daily life.

The Opportunity Agenda
New York Office
568 Broadway, Suite 302
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-334-5977
Fax: 212-334-2656
www.opportunityagenda.org

The Opportunity Agenda works to frame domestic policy issues while working with social justice organizations to connect messages with core
American values.

Crisis Management

Hennes Paynter Communications
2841 Berkshire Road
Cleveland, OH 44118
Phone: 216-321-7774
Fax: 216-321-7577
www.crisiscommunications.com

Hennes Paynter Communications specializes in crisis communications, media training and litigation communications for nonprofit organizations, education and healthcare-related institutions and government agencies. For more information about their workshops, seminars, consultations and free twice-monthly Crisis Comm E-Newsletter, please visit their website.

Institute for Crisis Management
455 S. Fourth Street, Suite 1490
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502-587-0327 or 888-708-8351
Fax: 502-587-0329
www.crisisexperts.com

The Institute for Crisis Management provides crisis management services to nonprofit organizations, including crisis consulting, research, communications planning, and workshops.

Kelcom, Inc.
Kelly Burke, President
16913 Hoskinson Road
Poolesville, MD 20837
Phone: 301-407-0371
kellydburke@comcast.net

Kelly Burke is a former television newsperson with more than thirty years of experience. His firm specializes in crisis communications and television readiness training. The firm has done extensive work with nonprofits and government agencies across the country.