Yesterday was Christa Segalini's last day reporting on Plainfield for the Courier News.
She wrote PT that is was a bittersweet moment -- she enjoys reporting enormously, but her new job will give her other opportunities to engage her talents. And it will have stable hours. Stable hours? What's that?
Our best wishes to her for her future and our thanks for the diligence and relish with which she undertook her responsibilities covering Plainfield.
For your reference, UPDATED MEDIA CONTACT INFO is below.
One etiquette note, though.
Email has become the preferred method of communication. When contacting the media, their preference is that your material SIMPLY BE IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL MESSAGE -- no Word documents attached, no PDF files.
Why? First, attachments to email messages expose recipients to the possibility of unwanted computer viruses and worms.
Second, attachments only interrupt the flow of work, with the recipient having to fire up Word or their Acrobat reader to view the information.
What they need and want is simply to have the TEXT in the body of the message so they can cut and paste and get on about their business without unnecessary distraction. No graphics, no fancy fonts, no borders, no fancy formatting, just the words.
Your consideration will be greatly appreciated and will help the quality of your coverage.
POSTCRIPT RE: PHOTOS
PT has never known the Ledger to accept photos. The Courier has. JPGs have always been acceptable, in PT's experience. Minimum resolution: 150 dpi. They prefer 300 dpi. It's wise to call before submitting a photo if it is to accompany a press release. The rule of thumb seems to be that its OK for items that will run in the Community or Kicks sections, but they generally do not use them in the News sections. (Posted at 10:07 PM -- Dan)
COURIER
Metro Editor - (908) 707-3121 or 707-3248, fax 707-3252, email: cnmetro@c-n.com
LEDGER
Alexi Friedman - (908) 302-1505, fax 302-1510 - email: afriedman@starledger.com
Union County Bureau - (908) 302-1500, fax same - email: union@starledger.com
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Tony Grey - (908) 753-3301, email: agrey43@yahoo.com
NEWS 12 NJ
John Bathke - email: jpbathke@news12.com
-- Dan Damon
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What about sending in photos with your story? Would they prefer them as .jpeg or in a .pdf or what?
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