The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) reached a potential news audience of more than 550 million readers in January 2022, thanks partly to coverage of an Ohio feeding program that won an NASW Ohio State Chapter Award and coverage of a mental health crisis in New Jersey.

Here are the highlights:

• 

  An Ohio feeding program that won an NASW award was featured in Yahoo News.

  The NASW Ohio Chapter was mentioned in a Yahoo news article on House of Bread, a nonprofit feeding program that won an award from the chapter. The article reached a potential 65 million readers.

• Yahoo news did an article on a mental health crisis in New Jersey, spurred in part by the pandemic. NASW New Jersey Chapter Executive Director Jennifer Thompson was quoted in the article about long waiting lines to see mental health therapists. The article reached a potential 65 million readers. Politico’s New Jersey desk also cited the article and picked up Jennifer’s quote, reaching an additional 16 million potential readers.
• Yahoo news ran an article on the NASW Ohio Chapter selecting Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging, Inc as its Agency of the Year. The potential reach was 65 million readers.
• Yahoo Finance ran the NASW New Jersey Chapter statement on failure of the Senate to pass voting rights legislation. The release reached a potential 46 million readers.
• The NASW Legal Defense Fund was mentioned in a press release on MarketWatch about an amicus brief calling for formal recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment. The release reached a potential 23 million readers.
• NASW Mississippi Chapter Executive Director Gwen Bouie-Haynes was quoted in a press release on how the American Rescue Plan would benefit Mississippians. The release on MarketWatch reached a potential 23 million readers.
• NASW research and standards were mentioned in various Springer articles. Springer is an online resource on research publications with a potential reach of 18 million readers.
• Politico mentioned that NASW has signed with Wheat Stroyer Government Relations LLC as a lobbyist. Potential reach: 16 million readers. A separate article noted NASW terminated its relationship with the Polsinelli lobbying firm.
• The Dallas Morning News noted that the NASW Texas Chapter offers a course on anti-racism training for employees after a Republican Gubernatorial candidate criticized critical race theory. The article is subscription only and had a potential reach of 6 million subscribers.
• NASW’s website was listed as a good place to search for public service jobs in a The Muse article that reached a potential 4 million readers.
• The San Francisco Chronicle ran an Op-Ed from Prem Pariyar on CSU added caste to its anti-discrimination policy (subscription only). Pariyar sits on the NASW California Chapter Delegate Assembly. The article reached a potential 4 million people.
• NASW was cited in a Daily KOS opinion piece calling on the association to push for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to be removed from teaching at Arizona State University. The piece reached a potential 3 million readers.
• The Buffalo News cited NASW data on the number of women in social work for an article on women in science, technology, engineering and math-related jobs. The article reached a potential 3 million readers.
• NASW Connecticut Chapter Executive Director Steve Wanczyk-Karp was interviewed for a Bronx News 12 TV spot on the need for the state to use more incentives to attract mental health workers to the state. Potential reach: 2 million viewers.
• NASW California Chapter Executive Director Deborah Son was quoted in an ABC 10 article on how a worker shortage could disrupt plans to address homelessness in the state. The article had a potential reach of 946,000 readers.
• NASW Massachusetts Chapter Executive Director Rebekah Gewirtz was quoted in a 22 News WLP article on a call for the state to use more mental health professionals to address emergency calls. The potential reach was 675,000 readers.
• NASW North Dakota Chapter Executive Director Kristin Rubbelke was quoted in a Grand Forks Herald article on North Dakota not increasing its minimum wage like several other Midwest states. The article, which was subscriber only, had a reach of about 500,000 readers.
• NASW Illinois Chapter Legislative Affairs Director Kyle Hillman was quoted in a News Channel 20 article about legislation to increase sentencing for people who attack Department of Children and Family Services workers. Hillman said instead the state should focus on increasing staffing so social workers and others do not go out on dangerous calls alone. The potential reach: 484,000 readers.
• The NASW Mississippi Chapter was listed among organizations calling for pandemic relief funds to be spent appropriately. The WLOX-TV article reached about 400,000 potential readers
• NASW Texas Chapter Government Relations Director Alison Mohr Boleware was quoted in a Valley Central article on insurance companies not paying for telehealth mental health claims in Texas. The article had a potential reach of 300,000 readers.
• The Philadelphia Tribune ran an article on the NASW Pennsylvania Chapter awarding Chad Dion Lassiter Social Worker of the Year. Lassiter is executive director of Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The article reached a potential 273,000 readers.