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The ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Office of Communications & Public Liaison News Media Branch (NMB) within the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Office of the Director is ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø’s central resource for reporters seeking information, interviews, and media assets about ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø and its 27 Institutes and Centers. Our office assists reporters in obtaining interviews with the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Director and ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø OD leadership, and information about the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø budget, grants, trans-¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø initiatives, research programs within the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Office of the Director, etc.

¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø News Media Branch Contacts

We can also connect you with the appropriate media office within our 27 Institutes and Centers. Alternatively, reporters can contact the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Institute and Center media offices directly. Collectively, the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø media offices are dedicated to sharing ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø news with reporters and helping journalists secure expert interviews, information, and visual assets to support their stories.

Interview Requests

Contacting our offices as early as possible will allow us to best serve reporters’ needs, but when deadlines are tight, we will make every effort to meet deadlines.

¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø News Releases

To receive ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø releases via email, please provide your name, outlet name, email address and phone number to ocplpressteam@od.nih.gov. To receive ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø embargoed releases, please register with .

Visual Assets

The contains a wide range of downloadable images, b-roll, illustrations, and infographics for use by the media. These visual assets are free to use with the appropriate credit provided with each image. If you are seeking a visual asset that is not on the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Flickr page, please contact our office.

Filming Requests

Permission must be obtained from our office prior to filming or recording on the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø campus. Upon request, we can arrange filming of ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø buildings, events, or interviews with ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø leadership, researchers, physicians, and administrative professionals.

Once permission has been granted, we will make the necessary arrangements with campus security, provide parking information, and help guide crews through the process of setting up filming on campus, including going through security.

Prepared video and b-roll are available on the .

Photography Requests

Photographs of the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø campus and buildings are not permitted without prior authorization from our office. To arrange a photo shoot, please contact our office.
You may also use photos on the with appropriate credit.

¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Remote Studio

The ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø has a high-definition remote studio that can be booked by television outlets for interviewing ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø experts remotely for a minimum fee of $350 per 30 minute slot. Producers must first coordinate with the relevant ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø media office to schedule the interview with the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø expert. Once the availability of the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø expert has been scheduled, producers must then contact Video Link and the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø News Media Branch Office to schedule the studio.

Video Link contact: 617-340-4100

¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø News Media Branch contact: ocplpressteam@od.nih.gov

Interview Requests for Patients at the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Clinical Center

All interview requests for participants in a research protocol at the ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø Clinical Center must go through the , which will coordinate with the relevant ¿ìÈý¹ÙÍø IC to gauge interest with the physician researcher and research participant.