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title: "Reference Desk"
url: https://currentinsidernews.com/reference-desk
description: "Standing notes on communications practice grouped by stage of work: planning, writing, working with other people, and what happens afterwards."
---

# Reference Desk

The same standing notes as the desks, grouped instead by the stage of work they belong to.

## Planning before the work starts

### [Establishing whether a story is ready](https://currentinsidernews.com/media-relations)

Standing note held on the media relations desk.

### [Deciding roles and thresholds in advance](https://currentinsidernews.com/crisis-communication)

Standing note held on the crisis communication desk.

### [Mapping who is reachable through what](https://currentinsidernews.com/internal-communication)

Standing note held on the internal communication desk.

### [Framing an objective so it can fail](https://currentinsidernews.com/measurement-and-reporting)

Standing note held on the measurement and reporting desk.

## Writing

### [What a release contains and in what order](https://currentinsidernews.com/media-relations)

Standing note held on the media relations desk.

### [The shape of a first statement](https://currentinsidernews.com/crisis-communication)

Standing note held on the crisis communication desk.

### [Answering the questions a consultation asked](https://currentinsidernews.com/public-affairs)

Standing note held on the public affairs desk.

### [Reporting a mixed result](https://currentinsidernews.com/measurement-and-reporting)

Standing note held on the measurement and reporting desk.

## Working with other people

### [Approaching one journalist rather than four hundred](https://currentinsidernews.com/media-relations)

Standing note held on the media relations desk.

### [Briefing managers before the announcement](https://currentinsidernews.com/internal-communication)

Standing note held on the internal communication desk.

### [Briefing notes and meeting records](https://currentinsidernews.com/public-affairs)

Standing note held on the public affairs desk.

## Afterwards

### [Keeping a coverage log](https://currentinsidernews.com/media-relations)

Standing note held on the media relations desk.

### [The review a fortnight later](https://currentinsidernews.com/crisis-communication)

Standing note held on the crisis communication desk.

### [Outputs, outtakes and outcomes](https://currentinsidernews.com/measurement-and-reporting)

Standing note held on the measurement and reporting desk.

### [Transparency registers and disclosure](https://currentinsidernews.com/public-affairs)

Standing note held on the public affairs desk.