The Ethical Culture Society
of Essex County

 

Publicity Packet

 

 

Basic Publicity Instructions

Either do these things yourself or get a friend to do them. The bare minimum (twenty minutes of your time) is the “Three Weeks Before Your Event” actions. Also, please share other ideas.

 

For opinion/op-ed pieces, click here.

 

Three weeks before your event:

  1. Post it on the Maplewood Online Calendar:   Go to http://www.maplewoodonline.com/     Click on "Main Calendar," and follow instructions.
  2. Send simple informational announcements (Who, What, When, Where with full address. Include Contact person with phone and email, and Price even if it is free) to:
    – News-Record at newsrecord@thelocalsource.com (This is also where you send letters-to-the-editor and op-ed pieces.
    – Star Ledger at event@starledger.com and ticket@starledger.com
  3. Send information to Essex Ethical website to essex@essexethical.org and meredithsuewillis@gmail.com.
  4. Put your even on Craigslist at http://www.craigslist.com. This is free. Go there and follow instructions.

 

 

 

Address, email, phone, etc. of the Society:

The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County
516 Prospect Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Corner of Prospect and Parker
Sunday Platforms start at 11:00 a.m.
973-763-1905
Essex@essexethical.org

 

 

Two weeks before your event:

Prepare a short press release (no more than one page) with all the information above in narrative form that can be used as an article if the paper wants. Send this press release as an email, fax, and/or hardcopy:

– to Essex section of the Star-Ledger at essex@starledger.com. You might also call reporter Jackie Waller at 973-392-4136 if you think the program is especially newsworthy.
– to the News-Record by Fax to 973-763-2557. You might also mail or hand deliver a hard copy to the News-Record office or email essexcty@thelocalsource.com.

 

 

 

Two to one weeks before your event:

– Make a flyer and post on bulletin boards, give to friends, etc.
– Email/ Call your personal list of people who might be interested.

 

Final few days before the event:

– Remind people by phone and email
 

 

 

Opinion and op-ed pieces may be emailed here:

 

Star-Ledger Op-Ed & Editorial:

oped@starledger.com or, the Op-Ed Editor, jmcmahon@starledger.com

 

Star-Ledger Letters-to-the-Editor: eletters@starledger.com

 

For more names and contacts, go to opinion Star-Ledger.

 

 

News-Record Op-Ed & Editorial

newsrecord@thelocalsource.com