Submission Guidelines
Please submit news as it happens in your schools/conference.
Below are some possible events to write about:
- Community outreach activities/events.
- Events taking place in your schools.
- Joint activities with other conferences/schools.
- Interactions with community schools.
- Educators who are featured in local media stories or Adventist publications.
- Unique programs.
- New education policies adopted by your conference.
- Changes in conference office of education/school personnel.
- School openings/closings.
- Recognition of retiring educators.
- Human interest stories of students/teachers individuals.
- Special-interest seminars/workshops.
- Baptisms of students–try to bring a unique or interesting angle to the story, and include some background leading up to their conversion.
- Dates and events to remember.
N.B.
- Avoid advertising for events that will only be attended by local people
- Avoid advertising routine education meetings – UNLESS newsworthy actions are taken
Style and Content:
- Start with the basic news facts: who, what, when, where, why, how.
- Add human interest, through photos or quotes from organizers and attendees.
- Articles may be any length, but it is recommended that you not exceed 650 words per article (which will fill one page).
Submission of Article:
Submit your article in the following way:
- E-mail it to Brandy Perkins in Microsoft Word (any version, if on a MAC, save it to Word 2000 or later), Microsoft Publisher 2000, Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) or Text format. You may also cut and paste the text into an e-mail.
- Please include a photograph that relates to your article whenever possible, it should be attached to the e-mail, separate from document, scanned at 150 dpi, regular size. File format is preferably TIF or JPG. If you do not have access to a scanner mail your picture to us and we will return it.
- For Conference Newsletters, photographs embedded within your document will be acceptable, otherwise all photographs should be attached seperately as stated above.