Since 1831, the west branch of the DuPage River has attracted settlers who look toward the future and take risks in this remarkable place called Naperville!
How to send your press release to Positively Naperville
13 suggestions for how to contact PN with your news, calendar items and advertising...
Positively Naperville would be nothing without input from the community. We appreciate that you trust PN with your stories - we welcome and thrive on your news. Please keep it coming! Also, be mindful of the deadline of the 15th of every month and keep all news in the press release format of text only and complete sentences. Fancy layouts and newsletter types of releases are discouraged as they are not press releases.
As a response to the deluge of e-mailed press releases mentioned above, some of which are way too long for the "brief" format of PN, we have tightened our guidelines. With the huge influx and ease of broadcasting e-mail, we ask that you follow our guidelines for consideration to be published in PN.
1. Please send only 200-300 word press releases with WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY AND HOW in short, complete sentences. (Use the K.I.S.S. principle...Keep It Super Simple...and try to target between the 15th and 20th of the month prior to publishing in order to be considered for the upcoming month) We like our news to be as fresh and up-to-date as possible.
2. Flyers about your event are unacceptable for publication. PN requests only one-page press releases. Press releases have a suggested headline, contact person, and are written in brief sentences. (Please note that we also post news releases on Naperville News Blog in between issues.)
3. Include name, phone and e-mail for contact verification only (not to be published)
(BY THE WAY, FROM THE HEADLINE DOWN, YOU'VE JUST READ ABOUT 250 WORDS.)
4. Include phone or e-mail for publication in PN.
5. Embed your press release in the e-mail either with or without Word Document Attachment. Please note: Attached files that arrive without the embedded news may not be downloaded or reviewed.
6. Please do not send press releases or newsletters as PDF files. We cannot always open them and we cannot copy and paste the text.
7. When listing a date in your press release...please list in the following order: TIME, DAY OF THE WEEK and DATE. (For instance, this style would be perfect: 11AM, Tues., Sept. 1.) The order of time, day of the week and date is standard for most newspapers.
8. Also, place area code in parenthesis and use hyphens in all phone numbers. Right: (630) 000-0000. Wrong: 630.000.0000.
9. Want to post info on a calendar page? Please go to "add events." In the meantime, here's a sample (Note all CAPS for the name of the event) of the style for the calendar:
INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS / 9PM, Tues. July 3 / Knoch Park / Hosted by the Exchange Club of Naperville and the City of Naperville INFO: www.exchangeclub.org.
10. Send press releases to stephanie@positivelynaperville.com, preferably by the 15th of the month.
11. Please keep in mind there are hundreds of organizations that want to be promoted. Prioritize what is most important for your nonprofit organization.
12. Please check our www.pnmonthly.com, too.
Finally, let us repeat...To handle the volume of press releases, newsletters, flyers, PDF files and more, we adhere to the stated policy above for accepting news and calendar postings. The time it takes to download e-mails to see if all the broadcast electronic news we receive is a fit for PN has become overwhelming at times, so we've begun deleting what does not come in the simple format we need to file it for the calendar and/or upcoming issue.
We hope you know that we certainly welcome and want to promote your good news. Thanks for being mindful of the way we need to receive it in order to consider it for our pages and companion Web sites.
You'll find events and some good old-fashioned savings on our promotions link with Neighborhood Values. If you'd like info on advertising here, contact
Stephanie@positivelynaperville.com.
13. Again, we also welcome your news, your inquiries and your paid advertising in both the monthly publication and online!
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Naperville displays patriotism
Celebrate American spirit in Naperville during the Memorial Day Parade and Observance at Central Park on the last Monday in May, Exchange Club Ribfest and Independence Day Fireworks over July 4th weekend in Knoch Park; and Veterans Day at 11AM on November 11 at Veterans Park on Gartner.
Also, just for the fun of it, the Naperville Jaycees host the Last Fling, its annual four-day family festival with the Last Fling Labor Day Parade.
Note that Ribfest and Last Fling have raised millions of private dollars over the years in support of nonprofit organizations providing humanitarian and health services in the community.
Find more information about these events posted on our monthly online calendars.
Ever since 1831, when Captain Joe Naper
and his brother John arrived on the banks
of the DuPage with their kin, families have
brought their pioneer spirit to Naperville!
We count our blessings for this generous community, its spirit & all the folks who continue to pitch in daily to help create this remarkable hometown for nearly 145,000 individuals.
We hope the pages on PN's Web site link you to happenings that enrich your life while helping the city sustain its quality of services, active participation and good citizenship.
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