Media Releases

U of T launches new Media Room website for reporters

September 28, 2010

TORONTO, ON – The Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to has launched a new Media Room web­site fea­tur­ing sev­er­al updat­ed tools to bet­ter serve your news team.

The revamped Media Room web­site – locat­ed at www.media.utoronto.ca – still fea­tures trust­ed resources like our online Blue Book data­base of more than 1,500 knowl­edge­able experts.

In addi­tion, the Media Room offers a vari­ety of new and easy-to-use tools that will help you do your job more effi­cient­ly, includ­ing:

  • RSS feeds for press releas­es sort­ed by top­ic, so you can receive any or all U of T news releas­es that are rel­e­vant to you
  • Fea­tured “Experts of the Day” who can com­ment on the day’s most press­ing news top­ics
  • Lists of break­ing news experts who are avail­able for com­ment on the week’s hot but­ton news items
  • Ready-to-use, high-res­o­lu­tion pho­tos of our three cam­pus­es, stu­dents and admin­is­tra­tors
  • Up-to-date facts and fig­ures about U of T
  • Infor­ma­tion about film­ing on cam­pus
  • Con­tact infor­ma­tion for fac­ul­ty and divi­sion­al media rela­tions staff

The Media Room web­site is designed to be a one-stop media resource for U of T break­ing news, experts and infor­ma­tion. Please vis­it the Media Room at www.media.utoronto.ca to see how our new web­site can assist with your team’s news cov­er­age.

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Media Rela­tions
416–978-0100
Media.relations@utoronto.ca