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Ivan and Hilary: I certainly sense your frustration as just one individual who was involved in Spreading the Word. I contacted over 50 newspapers, radio and TV stations around the country, and made sure I got the right contact in the news department. I received three replies that the item "would be considered". The problem, of course, is that we have no way of knowing whether or not the item actually appeared in the Cadillac Gazette, for example. For all I know, they did run it. But, one thing I do know: I provided my email address, my home address and phone number, and other than the three initial replies, I was not contacted by a reporter. Of course, I know next to nothing about the news media, or whether we should be drawing any conclusions yet. It may be not that we're "too dull", rather the topic so vital to us finds overwhelming competition for sparse news slots. I do agree that we most likely would profit by some expertise in marketing to the news media; i.e. maybe using the news wires more effectively. John Bjork A View from the Lighter Side of PD Ivan M Suzman wrote: > ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses sunny and crisp 28 deg. F > :-) > ******************************************************************** > > Are we PWP's considered to be too dull for newspaper coverage? > > Do any of you beat your head against the walls to get editors to assign > reporters, only to go home after an event with your story still untold? > > Hilary Blue is my houseguest for a few days. Last night, while I slept, > she produced what I think is a highly significant post, which she just > sent out over my computer this morning to the Parkinson's List. > > I must acknowledge how frustrated I feel. I have now completed an > enormous challenge, of working with ArchBishop Tutu and Barbara Patterson > > and others for nearly seven weeks straight to get his Prayer distributed. > > Yet not one reporter has called me and my story has yet to be told! I] > don't even know if anyone has intrviewed ArchBishop Tutu!!! > > If there are any enterprising and interested reporters out there, > or journalists or editors , I want to be interviewed by someone who > writes for > a newspaper or magazine, before the Tutu story, or the State > House-Senate > Resolution story, is reduced to the category of history never printed. > > Publish or perish? > > Ivan Suzman > Portland, Maine