As with Hometown releases, we prefer to receive information electronically. Please remember to include whether there is a cost. Please keep in mind that many of the local media outlets that will publish special events advance notices are weekly newspapers that are published on Tuesday or Wednesday. Faculty achievements, grants, research. Faculty and staff may either forward the information to the News Bureau or call to set up an appointment to further discuss story possibilities.
News is highly subjective.
It happens every day. Whether it makes the media or not does not determine whether an item has news value. Thus, news judgment is an art. Journalism Professor Curtiss MacDougall has provided the best description for determining whether an item is likely to see publication. The old axiom applies that nothing is older than yesterday's news.