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NEWS RELEASE INFORMATION

MARIN IJ
- Deadline: At least 3 days before event. Paper is printed daily.
- Email to:
  localnews@marinij.com - Brent Ainsworth
  jupshaw@marinij.com - Jennifer Upshaw Swartz (Twin Cities reporter)
- Submit to online calendar (must be registered with ZEvents)/ 500 character limit for description:
  http://events.marinij.com/listings

TWIN CITIES TIMES (info updated 2012-07-18)
- Deadline: Noon on Thursdays. Paper is printed weekly and distributed the following Wednesday. Take this printing schedule into consideration and work backwards on timing! You can always submit in advance, and request placement for a particular week.
- Email to:
  msouthall@marinscope.com - Mary Southall, Community Editor, Marinscope Newspapers
  gandersen@marinscope.com - Greg Andersen, Editor, Twin Cities Times
- Format: TITLE - up to 7 words; BODY - 2 paragraphs, 65 words; 3rd paragraph is "For more information call __________ or go to www.cmwomensclub.org"
- Submit to online calendar:
  http://www.marinscope.com/calendar/submit/

PACIFIC SUN
- Deadline: 5pm Thursday the week (or 10 days) before the issue in which your listing should appear – print edition comes out each Friday.
- Submit to online calendar / 200 character max description:
  http://www.pacificsun.com/sopecal/place_listing.php

MARIN MAGAZINE
You need to have an account, but once you do, you can put an event on the calendar.
- Submit online at: http://www.marinmagazine.com/Marin-Magazine/Calendar/Search/?view=new_event


What should be included in a news release? What format? Check the following links for information and guidelines:

www.publicityinsider.com/release.asp
www.webwire.com/FormatGuidelines.asp
www.mediacollege.com/journalism/press-release/format.html

OTHER ONLINE VENUES (under construction):
LARKSPUR-CORTE MADERA PATCH
http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/
http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/events/new
You need to have an account, but can either do a tweet-like thing, or put an event on the calendar.

AMERICAN TOWNS (Larkspur & Corte Madera)
http://www.americantowns.com/ca/larkspur
http://www.americantowns.com/ca/cortemadera
You need to have an account, but once you do, you can put an event on the calendar.

FREE PRESS RELEASE DISTRIBUTION SERVICE
http://www.prlog.org/
Supposedly is picked up by Google, RSS, etc. Not sure how much it is used (few submissions from Corte Madera).

EVENT BRITE
http://www.eventbrite.com

 

 

   

Corte Madera Women’s Improvement Club
PO Box 486, Corte Madera, CA 94976 • email: info@cmwomensclub.org