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Advocacy Communications Planning Resource

A guide with press tips on framing, strategic timing, media outreach templates, and more.

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Media Planning Worksheet

A guide with press tips on framing, strategic timing, media outreach templates, and more.

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Storytelling for Change Guide

A quick guide on storytelling tips, the importance of listening, and more to create change.

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2024 Voter Poll Roundup: Views on Water and Climate Resilience

A resource to help frame how nature-based solutions are worthy of investment. 

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Message Guide: Nature as Infrastructure

A resource to help frame how nature-based solutions are worthy of investment. 

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Digital Detox Guide

New handbook on tackling trolls helps social media managers have productive and meaningful online conversations, despite more bots and less ...

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2023 National Voter Poll

The Water Hub’s 2023 national poll of 2,000 registered voters’ opinions on water infrastructure investments, access, affordability, and safety.

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Digital Accessibility Guide

Tips and digital accessibility best practices to help reach more people regardless of life experience or abilities to build narrative ...

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Influencer Engagement Guide

How to generate excitement and awareness for water and climate policy issues by partnering with social media influencers and content ...

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2022 Western water media scan

What’s up in water news? We look back on the media conversation around Western water supply, safety, and access in ...

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June 2022 National Voter Poll

Download our June 2022 national voter poll to learn more about voter sentiments about infrastructure spending, the Clean Water Act, ...

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Tip sheet: Communicating at the water-climate nexus

Climate change can be polarizing but, luckily, concern for healthy rivers, safe drinking water, and support for regulating water pollution ...

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2021 Colorado River Media Scan

In this analysis, we look at the summer’s Colorado River news coverage and volume, key themes and solutions stories and ...

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Ethical Imagery Guide

Communicators have been paying more attention to telling ethical stories. The same considerations are important for visual storytelling, that’s why ...

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Media Tips for Frontline Organizations

Coverage of environmental justice is still very low in newsrooms. As we work together to move these narratives forward, there ...

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National Poll

In March 2021, the Water Hub partnered with Climate Nexus Polling, Yale, and George Mason University to survey 1,600 voters ...

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Opportunity on Water

In our new report, we synthesize public opinion research on water, and offer a series of recommendations for tapping into ...

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Western Media Analysis

The water news cycle ebbs and flows. The Water Hub’s latest media analysis looks at coverage of three key issue ...

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Water Opinion Analysis

Op-eds have long been a go-to communications tactic for water advocates and experts to shape public opinion, but they’re getting ...

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Audience Profile Worksheet

Identifying and understanding your audiences is the key to unlocking the best messaging for your campaigns. Our Audience Profile Worksheet enables ...

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National Water Insights

In August 2020, the Water Hub worked with Climate Nexus Polling, Yale, and George Mason University to survey 2,000 voters ...

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TV News Tip Sheet

Tips from our workshop on working with TV news, including reasons to focus on TV, the kinds of stories that ...

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Yes You Canva!

In water communications, we often don't have time or resources for graphic design. Learn how to make simple, beautiful graphics ...

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Water News in COVID Times

"The Virus of Uncertainty: The COVID-19 crisis’ impacts on water news" discusses how the pandemic has impacted water news and ...

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The Water Hub Newsletter

Theory of Change

As a program created to serve the water field, we feel it is important to be transparent about the values, ...

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Western Water Poll

In November 2019, the Water Hub surveyed more than 3,000 voters in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and ...

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Landscape Assessment

What’s the latest in water communications in the Western U.S.? Dig into the media analysis, public opinion research, and findings ...

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