Workshop to focus on working with media

Media representatives will gather at the Harding Family Center in Coeur d’Alene, 411 N. 15th St., Friday to offer tips on how to get messages to the public through the media.

The $25 workshop will include sessions on fund raising and cooperative advertising, marketing plans, and access to media. A panel from the local media will feature Tom Green, Idaho bureau editor for The Spokesman-Review; Debra Wilde, KXLY-TV; Dick Haugen, KVNI Radio; and Lynn Berk, Coeur d’Alene Press reporter. The group will answer questions and offer suggestions on winning interest from the media.

Soroptomist International of Coeur d’Alene, a group of professional businesswomen, is sponsoring the workshop for nonprofits and small businesses. The workshop will run from 8 a.m. to noon. Registration deadline is today. To register, call 664-8010 or 772-2786.