MEDIA CONTACT GUIDE
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What do you tell the media?  How can you get your event covered?

The following link has a guide to writing press releases: http://www.acorn-online.com/pubguide.htm
This article from the Hermes has tips about writing to congresspeople.
This Hermes article has a good overview on "How to use the Media."


If you want off-campus publicity consider calling or sending a press release to the organizations below.
For on campus news coverage you can always e-mail the Argus, call their main number at x3324, or the news department at x3316. If anybody wants advice on how the best way to get coverage feel free to e-mail Scott Mayerowitz '00.

Finally, more local media links can be found in the WSA's Student Group Resource Manual.
There are links to college papers, local radio stations, and more.

The following is a list of media contacts throughout the state and nation.
If any of our contacts are out of date, please email WESUNITY.

LOCAL MEDIA
CONTACTS

courtesy of Scott Mayerowitz '00

Associated Press
55 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
860 246 6876
Fax: 727-4003
40 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
203 624 9825

Hartford Courant
Middletown News Bureau: 343-5252
Fax: 343-5220
373 E. Main St.
Middletown, CT 06457
http://www.courant.com

Hartford Advocate
100 Constitution Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103
548-9300
Fax: 548-9335
http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/

Middletown Press
347-3331
Fax: 347-3380
2 Main St.
Middletown, CT 06457
http://www.ctcentral.com

New York Times Hartford Office
247-2991
Fax: 249-0016
http://www.nytimes.com

Channel 3 - CBS
728-3333
Fax: 728-0263
http://www.wfsb.com/navbar/home.html

Channel 8 - ABC
Hartford:
(860) 296-8882
Fax: (860) 296-7260
New Haven:
296-8881
Fax: (203) 787-9698
http://www.wtnh.com/

Channel 30 - NBC
521-3030
Fax: 521-4860
http://www.wvit.com/

Channel 61 - FOX
527-6161
Fax: 293-0178
http://www.foxnews.com/

NATIONAL MEDIA CONTACTS
with help from Aaron Kreider of Notre Dame

ABC TELEVISION NETWORK
77 W. 66th Street
New York NY 10023-6201
212-456-7777 News Fax: 212-456-2795
e-mail: abc@aol.com

AMERICAN NEWS SERVICE
Center for Living Democracy
RR1 Black Fox Road
Brattleboro VT 05301
800-654-NEWS Fax: 802-254-1227
e-mail: ebernheim@americannews.com
http://www.americannews.com

ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) Wire Service
2021 K Street NW #600
Washington DC 20006
202-776-9400 Fax: 202-776-9570
http://www.wireap.org

ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) BROADCAST NEWS
1825 K Street NW #710
Washington DC 20500
800-821-4747 News Fax: 202-736-1199

CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
524 W. 57th Street
New York NY 10019-2902
212-975-4114 News Fax: 212-975-1893
e-mail: realitycheck@cbsnews.com

CHANNEL ONE TV
5300 Melrose Avenue/4th Floor
Los Angeles CA 90038
213-860-1200 News Fax: 213-860-1450
http://www.channelone.com

Chronicle of Higher Education
1255 23rd St. NW
Suite 700
Washington DC 20037
phone: (202) 466-1000
general fax: 202-296-2691
letters to the editor faxed to (202) 467-0587
or sent by e-mail to letters@chronicle.com
opinions faxed to (202) 452-1033
or sent by e-mail to opinion@chronicle.com

Submission guidelines here for more submissions info.
Also, editor@chronicle.com

Chicago Tribune:
Pamela J. Appea
202-824-8259
Patrice Jones/ Higher Education
fax: 312-222-4760 or 312-222-4674.

CNN/CABLE NEWS NETWORK
PO Box 105366
Atlanta GA 30348
404-827-1511 News Fax: 404-681-3578
http://www.cnn.com

DAILY LABOR REPORT
fax 202 331 5147

FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY
10201 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90064-2606
310-369-1000 Fax: 310-369-1433
e-mail: foxnet@delphi.com

IN THE MIX/PBS TV
102 E. 30th Street
New York NY 10016-7369
212-684-3940 Fax: 212-684-4015
e-mail: inthemix@aol.com

MTV/MUSIC TELEVISION
1515 Broadway 23rd Floor
New York NY 10036-8901
212-258-8736 Fax: 212-258-8844
http://www.mtv.com/news

THE NATION:
tel 212-242-8400
fax 212-463-9712 (or possibly 473?)
David Moberg- 773 493 0996/3881
Fax: 773 493 5725
email dmoberg@igc.org

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)
625 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-414-2000 Fax: 202-414-3329
e-mail: "Morning Edition" morning@npr.org
e-mail: "All Things Considered" atc@npr.org
e-mail: "Talk of the Nation" totn@npr.org
http://www.npr.org

National Student News
fax: 1-303-573-3780

NBC TELEVISION NETWORK
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York NY 10112-0002
212-664-4691 News Fax: 212-583-5453
e-mail: nbc@aol.com

NEWSWEEK
251 West 57th Street
New York NY 10019
212-445-4000 Fax: 212-445-5068
http://www.newsweek.com

NEW YORK TIMES
Stephen Greenhouse--212 556 7327
NY Time general info 212-556-1234

NICK NEWS/Nickelodeon
96 Morton Street
New York NY 10014-3326
212-463-0029 News Fax: 212-463-7049

Pacifica Network News
2390 Champlain St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
Fax: 202-588-0896
Phone: 202-588-0988
Email: pnn@pacifica.org

Democracy Now c/o WBAI
120 Wall St. 10th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Fax: 212-747-1698
Phone: 212-209-2812
Email: democracy@pacifica.org
An hour long radical radio show on Pacifica that has stations in NYC, DC, Austin, and a general radio network.
Hosted by Amy Goodman who can be reached at 202-588-0988 x326
The show can be heard in real audio via www.pacifica.org.
Amy Goodman fax: 212-564-5359

PBS/PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria VA 22314-1649
703-739-5000 Fax: 703-739-5295
e-mail: viewer@pbs.org

PEOPLE Magazine
1271 Sixth Avenue
New York NY 10020
212-522-1212 Fax: 212-522-0331
http://www.people.com

The Progressive
www.progressive.org
tel: 608-257-4626
fax: 608-257-3373

PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL (PRI)
100 N. 6th Street #900A
Minneapolis MN 55403
612-338-5000 Fax: 612-330-9222
http://www.pri.org

Sojourners
liberal protestant magazine
attn: "Newsroom"
fax: 202-328-8757
tel: 1-800-714-7474 (or 202-328-8842)
www.sojourners.com
has an email list too that messages could be posted on

TIME Magazine
Rockefeller Center
New York NY 10020
212-522-1212 Fax: 212-522-2815
http://www.time.com

Jodi Morse: (212) 522-1241
Nicole Christian

USA TODAY
1000 Wilson Blvd
Arlington VA 22229
703-276-6536
http://www.usatoday.com

US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
2400 N Street NW
Washington DC 20037
202-955-2000 Fax: 202-955-2049
http://www.usnews.com

Washington Post
Coleman McCarthy
Coleman is a columnist, pacifist, awesome guy.
tel: 202-966-7682
tel: 202-334-6000
fax: 202-334-5669

Z Magazine
tel: 508-548-9063 
sysop@lol.shareworld.com


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