July 2021 Board of Health Meeting - June 2021 - Communications Update Information Report

Meeting Document Type
Information Report
June 2021 - Communications Update

SUBMITTED BY

Communications Department

DATE

July 2021

SUBJECT

June 2021 - Communications Recap


June Metrics

SOURCE MAY JUNE DIFFERENCE

News Releases Issued

10

9

-1

Media Advisories Issued

2

2

N/C

Media Statements or Notifications

35

31

-4

Media Requests Received1

69

41

-18

AM 800 Morning Segments2

12

13

+1

YouTube Live Media Briefing Videos3

21

16

-5

Wechu.org page views4

2,047,403

2,290,181

+242,778

YouTube Channel Subscribers

1,683

1,702

+19

Email Subscribers5

8,201

8,548

+347

Emails Distributed

52

50

-2

Facebook Fans

18,046

18,177

+131

Facebook Posts

186

174

-12

Twitter Follower

7,091

7,332

+241

Twitter Posts

171

155

-16

Instagram Followers

1,216

1,282

+66

Instagram Posts

29

18

-11

LinkedIn Followers

870

889

+19

LinkedIn Posts

91

85

-6

Media Exposure8

721

700

-21

Media Monitoring Highlights

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Trending Themes

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Top Sources

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Media Participating in Teleconference for YouTube Live

  • AM 800 CKLW, Blackburn News, CBC Windsor, CTV Windsor, CFTV and the Windsor Star join every day. Radio Canada joined us in June on a few occasions.

Current Notable Projects

  • Maintaining marketing and communication efforts regarding ongoing vaccine rollout in the region.
  • Developing promotional campaign and engagement strategy encouraging more youth 12 to 17 years of age to get vaccinated.
  • Developing marketing and communication plans to launch public health programs that were on hold during the pandemic.

Data Notes:

Most requests are related to the local COVID-19 pandemic.

1. Media requests received is a compiled list of documented requests we captured for interviews, data clarification, or general request for information from the media. Given the volume of requests during COVID-19, many exchanges with the media through text messages or quick phone calls to answer questions may not be captured. In many instances, each request led to multiple interactions with reporters.

2. Dr. Ahmed joined Mike and Lisa on the AM 800 Morning Drive every morning at 8:06 a.m. starting on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. On August 17, 2020, we went to a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday schedule with holidays off. He continues to do join Mike and Lisa every other morning to keep the community informed.

3. YouTube Live videos started on June 23, 2020. Prior Public Health Update videos on YouTube were exported videos recorded through Facebook Live.

4. Website analytics are provided by Siteimprove. The metric provided is for page views to wechu.org. Previously, we were report on the local-updates webpage only.

6. Email subscribers are those individuals who signed up to receive promotional emails from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. The analytics are provided through Mailchimp.

7. Social media metrics are provided through Hootsuite.

8. Graphs and media exposure information in this report were generated using Meltwater Media Monitoring Solution. Significant changes in numbers can be partially attributed to configuration changes made to the new service to better monitor and report media activity. News stories may be duplicates or missing as the platform is currently being optimized to better track Windsor-Essex County Health Unit mentions in the media landscape.