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● Introduction & Index ● What is PR ● Job Expectations ● Types of Media ● Building Relationships ● Media, Hams & FCC Rules ● The Basic News Release ● Interviews and Live ● Making your own show ● Easy P.R. ● Public Service Events ● Piggy-back to Events ● Pictures NOW! ● P.R. Research Aids ● Making Friends ● ARES® PIO ● Final Exam Information Next Page

## Section 14 - Research Aids ## ## ## ## As a PIO, you not only will be putting out information but also need to get information. Thankfully, the internet has made getting information a lot easier and faster. But you often need to know where to start looking. Here are some of the basic links that are regularly used. There are many more. Because the internet changes (almost daily), some links may not work by the time you read this. But it is a start. about ham radio http://www.arrl.org about PR http://aboutpublicrelations.net/basics.htm about PR http://www.publicityinsider.com/ Amateur Radio stats http://www.ah0a.org Licenses http://www.arrl.org/pio/hamlic.html ARRL http://www.arrl.org/pio/thearrl.html audio PSA http://www.arrl.org/pio display kits http://www.arrl.org/brochures/ logos http://www.arrl.org/logos PIO information http://www.arrl.org/pio press releases http://www.arrl.org/pio/reporter.html#releases research news stories http://news.google.com/ research people http://www.anywho.com/ research rumors on web http://www.snopes.com/ research old websites http://www.archive.org/web/web.php research websites http://www.google.com research websites http://www.yahoo.com research websites http://www.dogpile.com search engines http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html TV - live news http://www.livenewscameras.com/ videos http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/materials/videos.html PSA type videos http://www.arrl.org/pio One of your BEST resources will be looking though the pages of Contact, the monthly e-zine just for PIOs http://www.arrl.org/pio/contact/#current