SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Submissions for the ‘Members in the News’ feature are welcome from all current members of the Williamstown Chamber of Commerce. Deadline for submission is one week after the publication or broadcast of the news item; however, advance submission is also welcome. For example, you are invited to send us notice of upcoming television and radio programs, newspapers, magazines, online news sites, etc., that your business will be featured in. (Please note: In most cases, blogs and wikis do not qualify as professional news media and therefore will be excluded unless they are operated and vetted by professional news organizations or professional journalists.)
Advance submissions are strongly encouraged as this will allow us to post the item and invite other members to tune in or look for articles in a timely manner.
Members are limited to one submission per month. However, you may cite up to three news articles, programs, or op-eds you have been featured in per submission.
Please include the following in your submission:
- Name with title or other identifier (e.g. “John Doe, owner of XYZ…”)
- Name/headline of the article or program your business was featured in or the headline of the opinion or editorial (op-ed) you wrote
- Name of the publication or TV/radio program and network that ran it
- Date it appeared or ran
- For print publications (newspapers and magazines), what page it appeared on
- A live link to where the article or clip can be accessed on the Web, if applicable
- An e-mail or phone number that the Members in the News editor can use to contact you with any questions
- Submissions will not be accepted by phone.
A short paragraph describing your appearance in the media will be posted. When applicable, a link will be included that goes directly to the article or program clip you appeared in. Please note that most media outlets update their Web content frequently, and most often, links will expire after two weeks. Links that become dead will be removed, but the original paragraph of information will remain. If a link becomes dead before we are able to post the submission, the link will not be posted.
If your submission involves a radio or television item, we will link to clips available on the broadcaster’s website. Please note that not all networks make clips available, and we do not yet have the web capability to create, post or Podcast clips on our site.
We also welcome submissions regarding op-eds written by members. These will be treated in “Members in the News” the same as other articles in print. We are unable to post the content of op-eds in their entirety at this time due to concerns regarding copyright.
If you should have further questions regarding submission guidelines, please contact the Chamber office.
Submissions can be sent to: Kathleen McDonald, Executive Director, info@williamstownchamber.com
