{"id":5252,"date":"2023-10-16T20:04:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:06:44","slug":"managing-a-media-firestorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/16\/managing-a-media-firestorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing a Media Firestorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column5252_b9f6fd-cd dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image5252_54e918-f7.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image5252_54e918-f7 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:220px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5252_54e918-f7.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5252_54e918-f7 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image5252_54e918-f7 figure{max-width:220px;}.kb-image5252_54e918-f7 .image-is-svg, .kb-image5252_54e918-f7 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image5252_54e918-f7 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5252_54e918-f7\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium_old_229x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Julie-parker-web-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Parker\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-6130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Julie-parker-web-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Julie-parker-web-191x250.jpg 191w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Julie-parker-web-367x480.jpg 367w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Julie-parker-web-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Julie-parker-web-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Julie-parker-web.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><figcaption>Julie Parker<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Julie Parker<\/strong>, a nationally regarded police and crisis communications expert, brings her considerable knowledge to the CJI from Nov. 29\u2013Dec. 1, 2023, at WilmU\u2019s Brandywine campus. Parker will teach the course, \u201cManaging a Media Firestorm: Crisis Communications for Command Staff and PIOs.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The communications pro believes that regardless of how well a communications plan is written, it will only be effective if the team implementing it is appropriately trained. That\u2019s where she comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe three-day course is designed to prepare public safety leaders and PIOs for public messaging when crises strike,\u201d says CJI Director <strong>Dr. Ray Carr<\/strong>. \u201cCritical incidents occur internally and externally, and communicators need to know how to manage them while protecting their organizations\u2019 reputations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker is president and CEO of Julie Parker Communications, a woman-owned boutique firm based in Washington, D.C., that guides organizations on media and social media messaging and public relations strategies. She earned Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Awards as a television news reporter and covered significant national stories, including the 9\/11 attacks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She began her communications career in 2012 by training police public information officers nationwide, then became a regular guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy and a senior media advisor for the International Association of Chiefs of Police.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to welcome Julie,\u201d says Dr. Carr. \u201cShe will bring the level of expertise we have been privileged to offer to regional law enforcement officers, professional communicators, and the general public.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image5252_6cf8bc-7f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5252_6cf8bc-7f\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web-220x250.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Covelli\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-5253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web-220x250.jpg 220w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web-422x480.jpg 422w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web-768x874.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web-1350x1536.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web-900x1024.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Covelli-web.jpg 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption>Chris Covelli<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image5252_0af40f-fa .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5252_0af40f-fa\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Christopher-Mannino-web-220x250.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Mannino\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-5254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Christopher-Mannino-web-220x250.jpg 220w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Christopher-Mannino-web-422x480.jpg 422w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Christopher-Mannino-web-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Christopher-Mannino-web.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption>Christopher Mannino<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructors joining Parker will be <strong>Chris Covelli<\/strong>, a Chicago-area deputy chief and public information officer who served as lead PIO throughout the aftermath of the 2022 Highland Park, Illinois, parade mass shooting, and <strong>Christopher Mannino<\/strong>, a retired Chicago-area police chief with 25 years of law enforcement experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>While the course is open to the public, it is geared toward PIOs. The three-day cost is $495. Registration is required at cji.wilmu.edu. Training certificates are <\/em><em>available upon request.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"course-topics\"><strong>Course Topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cManaging a Media Firestorm: Crisis Communications for Command Staff and PIOs\u201d is a three-day course from Nov. 29\u2013Dec. 1, 2023, at WilmU\u2019s Brandywine campus. <strong>The following courses will be included:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Run It Like a Newsroom: A Public Information Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highland Park, Illinois, Parade Mass Shooting Communications Debrief<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Messaging in Real Time through Social Media (with case study)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing Misinformation Online and in the Media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigating Media Relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winning the News Conference from Prep to Post-conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The three-day course is open to the public but geared toward PIOs. The cost is $495. Student and group rates are available. Registration is required at <a href=\"https:\/\/cji.wilmu.edu\/\">cji.wilmu.edu<\/a>. Training certificates are also available upon request.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Parker, a nationally regarded police and crisis communications expert, brings her considerable knowledge to the CJI from Nov. 29\u2013Dec. 1, 2023, at WilmU\u2019s Brandywine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[239,240,521,498,522,14],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","tag-cji","tag-criminal-justice-institute","tag-crisis-communications","tag-magazine-fall-2023","tag-police-and-crisis-communications","tag-wilmington-university"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"}],"post_tag":[{"value":239,"label":"CJI"},{"value":240,"label":"Criminal Justice Institute"},{"value":521,"label":"crisis communications"},{"value":498,"label":"Magazine Fall 2023"},{"value":522,"label":"police and crisis communications"},{"value":14,"label":"Wilmington University"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fall-2023-mag-feature-1-480x480.jpg",480,480,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Mckayla Imperatrice","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/mckayla\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":239,"name":"CJI","slug":"cji","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":796,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":240,"name":"Criminal Justice Institute","slug":"criminal-justice-institute","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":797,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":521,"name":"crisis communications","slug":"crisis-communications","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1078,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":498,"name":"Magazine Fall 2023","slug":"magazine-fall-2023","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1055,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":27,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":522,"name":"police and crisis communications","slug":"police-and-crisis-communications","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1079,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":14,"name":"Wilmington University","slug":"wilmington-university","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":571,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":357,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17485,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions\/17485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}