Give journalists one place to pitch interview, data and photo requests — routed to the right staffer with deadline on the record.
Quick answer
Use it as your press front door: journalists state who they are, which story they're working on, what they need — spokesperson, data, photos, comment — and by when, and each request routes to a named staffer with the deadline on the record.
Press requests die in inboxes: a journalist emails a generic address, nobody owns it, the deadline passes. This intake gives media one front door — who's asking, for which story, what they need (spokesperson, data, photos, comment), and the deadline — and routes each request to the person who can actually answer it, with the clock visible.
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Everything you need to run this template.
Type, angle and deadline captured as fields, not buried in prose.
Comms sees all requests and assigns the answerable person.
The clock is a headline field, not a footnote found Friday.
Past coverage links give context before anyone speaks.
From copy to deliverable in four steps.
Copy it in and set request types to your newsroom reality.
Put it on your media page and in every press release footer.
Assign, decline or park — with the deadline sorted.
Route the entry to the spokesperson; log outcomes on it.
Pick your role — see how it fits your workflow.
Stop triaging press from a shared inbox.
Arrive briefed: angle, history, deadline.
Get a faster yes-or-no than email roulette.
What makes this template work as a professional deliverable.
A preview of the real questions in this form — exactly what respondents see.
