March 2021 Board of Health Meeting - January 2021 - Communications Update Information Report

Meeting Document Type
Information Report
January 2021 - Communications Update

SUBMITTED BY

Communications Department

DATE

March 18, 2021

SUBJECT

January 2021 - Communications Update


January Metrics

SOURCE DECEMBER JANUARY DIFFERENCE

News Releases Issued

6

1

-5

Media Advisories Issued

1

2

+1

Media Statements or Notifications

42

32

-10

Media Requests Received1

71

71

0

AM 800 Morning Segments2

11

11

0

YouTube Live Media Briefing Videos3

19

21

+2

Wechu.org/cv/local-updates page views4

478,984

451,327

-27,657

YouTube Channel Subscribers

1,094

1,269

+175

Email Subscribers5

1,549

1,734

185

Emails Distributed

52

38

-14

 

Facebook Fans

16,848

17,207

+359

Facebook Posts

157

114

-43

Twitter Follower

5,563

5,943

+380

Twitter Posts

156

111

-45

Instagram Followers

969

1,027

+58

Instagram Posts

27

10

-17

LinkedIn Followers

719

745

+26

LinkedIn Posts

96

79

-17

Media Exposure8

2,024

1,146

-878

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 and The Windsor Star join every day. On occasion, Radio Canada will also join the briefing.

Current Notable Projects

  • Developing a marketing and communications campaign for the vaccine rollout as the region moves through each phase of the provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan.
  • Website updates will be coming with more information on the COVID-19 vaccines and the Windsor and Essex County moving to the Red-Control level of the provincial framework.
  • We continue to make improvements to our daily COVID-19 public health updates for the community.

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 correct errors 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. On August 17, 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. We changed the platform we broadcasted live videos from Facebook to YouTube at the end of June. 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 COVID-19 Local Updates Page. During the COVID-19 pandemic, changes were made to landing pages. For consistency in reporting, the most popular page was selected.

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.