How To Get Your Group’s News and Photos In The Paper
Your event is important to your organization so why not make sure people in the community know all about it. At the Edmond section of the Oklahoman we want to run your announcements.
To get the word out about an event, a school program, a church fundraiser, an accomplishment or community news we need to know five things before we can share it with readers:
1. WHO – who is involved in this event, the name of your organization or your child’s name.
2. WHAT – like it says, what is this about? What is happening or has happened that readers want to know.
3. WHERE – where did this happen or going to happen. Example: Edmond Library at 10 N Boulevard or Edmond Memorial High School.
4. WHEN – when is this taking place or when did it happen. Be sure to use this format, Saturday, Nov. 22. Give the day and date. Be sure also to include the exact times. “The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.”
5. WHY – why is this important? Do you need readers to respond or rejoice with you over your good news? What do readers need to take away from the story.
We want to put the many names and faces of Edmond in our Edmond section. So send your news, announcements or achievements along with photos to jwilliams@opubco.com.
TIPS ON GETTING THE BEST OUT OF YOUR PHOTOS:
Shoot pictures of people’s faces. Sometimes a photo of four might show three faces and someone’s back or part of a person cut off at the edge. Get people to look at the camera and smile and don’t be afraid to move in close.
Don’t stand more than 4 to 5 feet away when shooting faces. If the flash is making the picture too bright you might want to turn it off if there is adequate lighting on your subjects.
Check your camera’s settings to make sure your photos are in jpeg or jpg format. Full size images are preferred, we can resize if needed. Your camera may show image a photo’s size so make sure it is at least 340 pixels wide and 255 pixels deep.
Large photos take some time to be e-mailed from your computer to ours, so if you have several photos to submit pick the best ones and e-mail them separately.
Be sure to identify everyone from left to right, or row to row.
The Metro-Edmond section publishes four times a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Because we work days ahead to create each section, the deadline to submit news, photos and event announcements is 8 a.m. no later least 48 hours prior.
Example: You want to let everyone know about your organization’s garage sale fund raiser on Saturday. Make sure we have all the information no later than 8 a.m. the Wednesday before. Actually soon as plans are made for your event send us the information, even if it is weeks ahead.
Remember to send all news, annoucements, achievements or events along with photos to jwilliams@opubco.com. If you have a question feel free to give me a call at 475-3940.
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Giving to the needy this holiday
As you prepare to enjoy a Thanksgiving feast and prepare your Christmas shopping list, I want you to consider giving to one of the many worthy charities and ministries in Edmond.
Organizations such as the Hope Center, UR Special and EARC depend on the generous donations of people. Many of our Edmond churches feed and clothe the poor, but sometimes the gifts from their congregations are not enough.
Follow this link to find several Edmond charities and ministries that you might consider blessing this year.
The causes vary from fraternity and sorority foundations and tree banks to counseling centers and medical care for the needy.
Edmond is seen as a town that has a lot. I believe that’s because its people give a lot. Besides money, you will find Edmond residents giving their time to various needs every day of the week.
Please take some time to learn more about the Edmond organizations and determine to include some of them on your Christmas list this year.
Take A Day To Clean Out The Fridge
I’ve been rather busy this week, so I hope you will forgive me for not sending a card for National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.
Whoever the people are who thinks up these events, they have designated Friday to be the annual day to clean out the fridge.
I wouldn’t have given it much thought except I was in an Edmond appliance store the other day marveling at the newest line of refrigerators. There they stood, packed with features such as an interior water dispenser; crushed icemaker; slide-out, spill-proof glass shelves; and a TV on the door.
The price tag persuaded me to wait, so in the meantime I thought I would just clean out the fridge at home. I don’t want to say I had some old items in there, but I found a cabbage wearing what looked like a toupee. I found a bottle of steak sauce that was so old it was labeled Heinz 52.
I didn’t know ham could turn to liquid. Even the box of baking soda was waving a white flag.
Some of you will face the mountain of cleaning out your work place refrigerator. To you brave souls, or those who got the short straw, we salute you. Bless you as you make your way through the maze of pizza boxes from last year’s Christmas party and Tupperware that has been in there only God knows how long.
One refrigerator magnet sums up the tales of corporate fuzzy and fermented foods: “If a messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, this place is delirious.”
