Media Relations

Getting Started

Visit the MyPostings training materials for complete MyPostings documentation.

Everything documented below is supplementary to the original MyPostings documentation, and is specific to MyPostings form choices for Media Relations.

USD in the News

USD in the News allows each item to be connected with a media outlet and faculty expert for added visibility. To add these two components to a post, prepare a USD in the News item as you would normally do and then add the following:

Media Outlet

• Under the Media section of the posting form, go the Thumbnail field

• The first time that you add a new media outlet logo:

  • Attach the media outlet image

  • Add thumbnail description/alt text such as ‘eagle and times logo’

  • Once post is submitted, save the URL of each outlet logo in a personal text file (e.g. Google docs)

• On subsequent postings from that same media outlet, do the following

  • Locate Link to an existing image from your saved URLs in previous step

  • Copy and paste the URL of the appropriate media outlet from your personal text file into the “Link to an existing thumbnail” field

• Under the Web Addresses section of the posting form, go to the More Info field

  • Make sure URL is the type of address selected

  • Enter the URL of the media outlet beginning with https:// (e.g. https://www.imperialbeachnewsca.com/)

• Click Submit

Faculty Expert

• Go to the USD directory and search for the faculty expert you need to add to your post

  • For example, searching for Matt Zwolinski brings up his profile

  • Right click on the faculty profile image and select Copy Image Address. This will save the profile’s image URL temporarily to your computer

• Back in the MyPostings form under the Media section of the posting form, go to the Image field

  • Paste the URL to the profile’s image URL that you saved in the previous step into the “Link to an existing image” field

  • For the Image description/alt text, add the professor’s name and title, e.g. Matt Zwolinski, Professor

  • Ensure that Use as caption? is set to Yes

• Under the Web Addresses section of the posting form, go to the Webcast URL field

  • Enter in the profile URL for the faculty member (e.g. http://www.sandiego.edu/directory/biography.php?profile_id=141)

• Click Submit