Between January - March 2026, the media relations team collaborated closely with Rotary members to secure more than 108 pieces of media coverage in 15 countries with a combined audience of 364 million.

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Highlights of the quarter included:

• The launch of the Rotary Peace Center in Pune, India, supported by an in-person press conference, generated 35 media coverages. Access all the coverage here.
• The opinion piece by Rotarian Dr. Amal El-Sisi, who leads Rotary’s Program of Scale - United to End Cervical Cancer in Egypt in the English-language edition of Al-Ahram.

• Dr. Shigeru Omi’s op-ed on polio eradication and Rotary’s role was published in the print edition of Asahi Shimbun (GLOBE section).
• The opinion piece in Devex titled “Africa has bold cervical cancer plans. Now we must deliver them” authored by Kenyan Rotary member Diana Njuguna.
• The cover story in the February edition of Rotary Magazine, The next generation of chess masters, on India’s chess culture was a result of collaboration within the Rotary Media Center team over several months. The media relations team led targeted media outreach to amplify the story, successfully extending its reach into earned media. Read here: Partially blind chess players defy vision limits.