The Office of
News and Information represents the Division of Health Sciences at
East Carolina University, including the Brody School of Medicine.
The office creates and distributes news releases and news publications
about these institutions, coordinates relationships with the news
media, supports internal communication and provides other communication
services to clients within and beyond the university.
News releases
We distribute most of our news releases via e-mail. We keep a database
of media contacts to whom we regularly send news releases. If you
would like to be included in our database, please drop
us an e-mail or call us at (252) 744-2481. This service is provided
only to professional members of the news media and freelance writers,
so please indicate your occupation and with whom you are affiliated.
Occasionally we attach photos to news releases, but sometimes we place
the photo(s) on a news Web page and provide a link to the page in
the release. Our news photo Web page can be found at http://www.ecu.edu/dhs/imagegallery/default.htm,
along with other types of photos in our image
gallery.
Source contacts and news escorts
We encourage reporters to contact our office when they are interested
in identifying a source for a story. In most cases, we can save you
time by quickly identifying the best source and facilitating contact.
Due to heightened concerns about protecting patients’ privacy, broadcast
reporters and photographers visiting the medical campus must have
an escort from our office or someone designated by our office as a
primary contact. Please call our office if you plan to visit the campus;
otherwise, you may not be admitted to the facilities.
We frequently arrange for patients to participate in interviews and
be photographed. However, patients must agree to the interview/photograph
and must sign a formal consent provided by the medical center. Please
help us protect our patients’ privacy by not interviewing them or
photographing them until we obtain a written consent.
Office
of News and Information
Division of Health Sciences
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858 Contact Us
