18.   MEDIA RELEASES:

Information is not to be given to the media.  If a contact is made by the media directly to the program, the staff on duty should request the name of the caller, the telephone number where the person can be reached and the name of the media represented.  Inform the media representative that the employer or the executive director will return the call.  The employee shall advise the employer of any such call at once.  Staff should never release the home telephone number of any other staff member, including the supervisory staff.  No press should be allowed in the program without the express approval of the employer or Executive Director.

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