On July 5th, when I began my petitioning I sent an email press release to all the newspapers, radio and TV stations in the District that I could find. A number of the emails were returned because the address was old or faulty. I sent another release today to the same list as before and once again some bounced back to me.
I just asked my new campaign manager to check out each venue and find out what the best way to send them Press Releases. 14 years ago when I ran I did all the press releases by fax. Before that it was by mail. Email today is so simple but I’m afraid that news editors have email boxes jammed up with newsie stuff. If so they may not give very close scrutiny to all the stuff that passes over their “desk.”
After Chris Grams inquiry about the Lincoln-in-thought t-shirts I added her Little Falls radio stations to the media list because I’d missed them before. I noted that the news of her husband Rod’s filing for office was the first item on the list of news stories even though it was already six days old. Well, there are some advantages to owning your own media.
I also sent a copy of my letter to Mary Kiffmeyer to the big three the Pioneer Press, the Strib and the Duluth News Tribune. After I sent it I noticed a mangled sentence toward the end. Tsk tsk….editing.
