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Welcome to our resources page for aid workers. Below you'll find a series of pointers thatmight assist you with the tricky business of blogging, media relations and communications.
We hope this material will help you:
- 'Sell' forgotten emergencies to the media
- Get attention-grabbing blogs from the field
- Begin to use maps in your work
- Write eye-catching headlines
- Choose and use celebrities wisely
- Access discounted diary services for international aid agencies
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