Traumatic Brain Injury Fund

Media Outreach

Contact:

Caroline Leipf
Communications Associate
Brain Injury Association of New Jersey
732.738.1002 x237 Phone
732.738.1132 Fax
cleipf@bianj.org

Releases

  • June 7, 2006 – High Schools Awarded Grants for Concussion Management
  • February 24, 2006 – NJ High School Athletes to Get Pre-Season Concussion Tests
  • October 27, 2005 – Medical and Sports Groups Join to Protect Young NJ Athletes from Sports Concussions

Pod Casts

  • February 24, 2006 – News conference announcing concussion baseline testing and management grant opportunity
  • January 9, 2006 – Interview with CDC Epidemiologist Wesley Rutland-Brown, MPH, on sports concussion

Articles

The resources on this page have been made available for and distributed to press and media.  Need more information?  Contact Caroline Leipf at 732-738-1002 or cleipf@bainj.org. 

Organizations in support of the Concussion Campaign are welcome to use news releases and reprint articles found on this page in their own publications.  Articles must be reprinted in their entirety unless the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey grants permission otherwise, with appropriate credit given to article authors and to the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey.  Feel free to contact Caroline Leipf, at 732-738-1002 or cleipf@bianj.org, with questions.   

Campaign Coverage

Press

  • News Transcript – June 21, 2006 Sports Shorts
  • Manchester Times – June 20, 2006 High School Awarded Grant For Concussion Management
  • Rahway Progress – June 15, 2006 Staff attend training for injuries
  • The Record (Front Page) – June 11, 2006 Silent epidemic preys on young athletes: Concussion dangers worsening, experts fear By Lindy Washburn
  • The Courier-News – June 11, 2006 Schools get funds to help injured athletes: Grants better equip high schools to treat concussions By Rob Gross
  • Home News Tribune – May 6, 2006 Concussions: Nothing To Play With By Greg Tufaro
  • The Record(Front Page) – February 25, 2006Striking a blow to concussions: Test to help protect high school athletesBy Lindy Washburn
  • Asbury Park Press – February 25, 2006 Athletes to get tested: Sports concussion evaluations backed by grant Report contributed to by Michael Sicilia
  • Philadelphia Inquirer – February 16, 2006 Attitude Change Key to Protecting New Jersey’s Young Athletes from Sports Concussions By William Felegi, D.O., FACEP, President of the New Jersey Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians
  • Philadelphia Inquirer (Editorial) – November 26, 2005 Young Athletes and Concussions Heads up on head injuries
  • The Times (Editorial) – November 15, 2005 Concussion is no joke
  • The Courier-News (Front Page) – October 28, 2005 Taking one for the team can lead to long-term ills, athletes warn
  • Home News Tribune – October 28, 2005 Athletes discuss brain-injury risks
  • Asbury Park Press – October 29, 2005 Conference held to raise concussion awareness

    • Television

    • CN8 – March 2006 Comcast Newsmakers Host Jill Horner interviews public education coordinator Joanna Boyd on the concussion baseline testing grant initiative
    • WABC-TV Channel 7, New York – February 24, 2006 Eyewitness News Report by Dr. Jay Adlersberg on concussion baseline testing
    • WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York – February 24, 2006 CBS 2 News Report by Jay Dow on concussion baseline testing
    • WMBC-TV Channel 63 – February 24, 2006 63 News Report by Matt Fitzpatrick on concussion baseline testing
    • CN8 – December 22 and 26, 2005 Eye On Ocean County Host Jill Horner interviews executive director Barbara Geiger-Parker, concussion committee members Dr. Jill Brooks, Dr. Steven Rice and Phil Hossler, and concussed athlete David Showalter on concussion from various perspectives
    • CN8 – November 2005 Comcast Newsmakers Host Jen Boyett interviews Dr. Ronald Savage on misconceptions of concussion
    • CN8 – November 2005 Comcast Newsmakers Host Jen Boyett interviews Ronald Savage, EdD on the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey concussion campaign

    Radio

    • WCBS-FM 101.1 Jack-FM – July 25, 2006 “Dialogue 101”
    • WCBS-AM 880 – June 9, 2006
    • WFAN-AM 660 – June 9, 2006
    • WOBM-AM 1160 – June 9, 2006
    • WGHT-AM 1500 – June 9, 2006
    • WKXW-FM 101.5 – May 5, 2006
    • WMTR-AM 1200 – March 12, 2006 “Ask the Expert”
    • WGHT-AM 1500 – February 24, 2006
    • WCBS-AM 880 – February 23, 2006
    • WRNJ-AM 1510 – November 1, 2005
    • WGHT-AM 1500 – October 27, 2005
    • WKXW-FM 101.5 – October 27, 2005