Purpose:

Thank you for participating in this brief, five-minute survey. The data will be used to help design a new National Institute of Corrections (NIC) "Public Information Officers and Communications Directors Course." Your responses will remain anonymous and will be incredibly helpful in shaping this program. 

Question Title

* 1. What title best describes your current position?

Question Title

* 2. What type of facility do you represent?

Question Title

* 3. Where are you employed?

Question Title

* 4. How often do you interact with the news media, on average, each quarter (every three months)?

Question Title

* 5. Why would you typically interact with the news media? (Select all that apply)

Question Title

* 6. How do you routinely contact the news media? (Select all that apply)

Question Title

* 7. Prior to COVID, how many times per quarter, on average, did you provide an on-camera interview for a news story?

Question Title

* 8. Does your current administration embrace storytelling and proactively forming relationships with the news media?

Question Title

* 9. Prior to COVID, how many times per quarter, on average, did you allow a reporter and/or photographer *INSIDE* your facility for a news story?

Question Title

* 10. When there is a breaking news event that requires an immediate response, how do you release that information?

Question Title

* 11. What topic(s) would you like training on to enhance your ability to interact with the news media? Please comment below. 

T