- Shape Series Off and Running
- Contacting Editors and Reporters
- List Of U.S. Newspapers And TV Stations Accessing
www.krtdirect.com/shape
Shape Series Off and Running
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services (KRT) began distribution of
The Shape We're In newspaper series this past Tuesday, May 27 and we
are happy to report early and enthusiastic interest from newspapers
and other media outlets. If you have not already recruited your local
newspaper to print the series, the time to do so is now!
The Shape series was sent directly to more than 400 newspapers via the
KRT wire service and is being offered free to all U.S. newspapers via
KRT's Web site.
More than 70 additional media outlets (see a list below) have accessed
the Shape series through KRT's Web site.
Accessing the series does not mean that a media outlet will definitely
run the stories, but it does indicate a high level of interest. With
that in mind, we encourage you and your colleagues to contact your
local newspaper editors and reporters and ask them to run the series.
Remember, this is also a great opportunity for you to mention the
resources, such as issue experts and local programs, that you can
offer to help editors and reporters localize the stories.
Contacting Editors and Reporters
Here are three things to note before you contact your editors and
reporters:
- If you contact a newspaper from the list below, we ask that you make
general requests to print the series, e.g.: "We've heard The Shape
We're In series is available to all newspapers and we'd like you to
run it." Do not tell them that you know they have accessed the series.
This avoids the hard sell, which may turn off editors.
- Only members of the media should go to
www.krtdirect.com/shape
to download the series. The general public can view the full stories
and other related series information at
http://www.shapenews.com.
- To help you get started with your recruitment efforts, we have
provided a brochure you can download and give to your local
newspaper's editors and reporters, as well as a few tips from our
Community Action Guide.
The Shape We're In is a five-part newspaper series on physical
activity and obesity that will run in papers across the country. The
series is distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
and supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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California: Merced Sun-Star
(Merced); San Diego Union-Tribune; San Jose Mercury News; The Tribune
(San Luis Obispo); San Marino Tribune; Santa Barbara News-Press; Tracy
Press; Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek)
Connecticut: The Day (New London); Waterbury Republican-American
Illinois: North Lawndale Community News (Chicago); The Dispatch and
The Rock Island Argus (Moline-Rock Island)
Iowa: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids); Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Kansas: Clay Center Dispatch
Kentucky: Wave 3 TV (Louisville)
Maryland: East County Times (Essex)
Massachusetts: The Sun (Lowell); Telegram Gazette (Worcester)
Minnesota: St. Cloud Times
Missouri: Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau); Columbia Daily
Tribune; News-Leader (Springfield)
New York: Buffalo News; The Evening Times (Little Falls); Messenger
Post Newspapers (Rochester area); Poughkeepsie Journal; Democrat and
Chronicle (Rochester); The Journal News (White Plains)
North Carolina: Charlotte Observer
New Jersey: The Spectator (Kingston); City News Publishing Company
(Newark); About Our Town Community News (Piscataway)
New Mexico: Albuquerque Journal
Ohio: Sentinel-Tribune (Bowling Green); The Columbus Dispatch; The
Vindicator (Youngstown)
Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Legend (Tahlequah)
Oregon: The Bulletin (Bend)
Pennsylvania: Patriot-News (Harrisburg); The Indiana Gazette;
SouthWest Globe Times Newspaper (Philadelphia); Scranton Times; Centre
Daily Times (State College); Pocono Record (Stroudsburg); Times Leader
(Wilkes-Barre)
South Carolina: Aiken Standard
Texas: Fort Worth Star-Telegram; San Antonio Express-News; Wichita
Falls Times Record News
Utah: The Daily Herald (Provo); Tooele Transcript-Bulletin
Virginia: The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg)
Washington: Tri-City Herald (Kennewick); The News Tribune (Tacoma)
West Virginia: The Inter-Mountain (Elkin)
Wisconsin: La Crosse Tribune; Herald-Times Reporter (Manitowoc)
