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    • Featured article
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  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Our Lady of Guadalupe
    • Episcopal transition articles
    • Adoration Schedule
    • Publication Dates
    • Columnists
    • Faith Resources
    • Staff
    • Send us news
    • Sending Announcements
    • Press Release Tips
    • Gallery
  • Contact
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Press Release Tips

When going about submitting a press release to Lumen Media for publication in The Lumen, there are some tips we would like you to follow.
Tips and tricks of writing a press release:
  • Headline
  • Name of the organization, parish, etc.
  • Where and when? – Time, Date, Place (TDP) of event, gathering you are promoting or announcing.
  • A few paragraphs about your event, gathering or announcement - What is happening? Why is it happening? Who’s involved?
  • Write it like a news story.
  • Keep sentences short and simple.
  • Include quotes from one or two people involved including the name, title and organization/parish of the person you are quoting.
  • Include contact information in case we have a question.
  • Press releases traditionally end with three ###s. It signifies to the reporter that the release has come to an end. 
Including a photo or image with a press release:
  • Lumen Media prefers action pictures or pictures with less than 10 people.
  • Please identify the people in the picture (left to right) with first and last names.
  • Include where the picture was taken – place and/or event.
  • When emailing pictures, they should be JPG files between 500KB and 3MB.
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Sioux City, IA 51102-5079​
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