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Positive media coverage is an important part of the university's communications efforts, including its public outreach and its recruitment and retention of students. Responding promptly and accurately to the news media helps ensure correct information about the university is published.

Faculty and staff are free to respond to requests from the media regarding their research, scholarship, teaching or professional expertise. In such cases, please contact the News Service writer who covers your college so that we can track the upcoming MSU media coverage.

If media inquiries involve issues of university-wide significance and/or are of a controversial or sensitive nature, they are to be referred to University Communications.

If a member of the media contacts you and you would like to discuss the matter, or if you wish to share the details of upcoming events or positive news stories about the university, please contact Michael Becker, MSU News Service director, at 994-4565 or [email protected].