I believe Jim has/is/will be put/putting together a press release
template that LUGs can modify to suit their needs and send out to
their local media. Not just papers, but radio and TV. Also, if you
have a college radio station, that would be a good place to hit, as
they would probably also be happy to talk about this.
- Deepak
On Jun 14 1999, at 08:12, Eugene C. was caught saying:
> Hello Timothy and everybody,
>
> You have a strong point. Student papers seem to be
> really happy to have something un-usual to say.
>
> I am working with a teacher newspaper to have a post
> in it. I still have to convince them and to post it at
> the right time. But it should be ok.
>
> Eugene
>
>
> --- Timothy Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I worked during college at The Daily Texan, the
> > UT-Austin student paper.
> > If there will be (and there ought to be!) some LDD
> > activities at your
> > local university or college, take advantage if they
> > have a student paper.
> >
> > Often, these papers are looking -- begging -- for
> > feature stories that
> > involve some sort of actual interesting content. If
> > you know (or are) a
> > reporter for a collegiate or even high school paper,
> > suggest the diea,
> > start getting background information down, because
> > the sooner reporters
> > know what the diff. is between an OS and a computer,
> > or between an OS and
> > applications (etc etc) the more sensible a resultant
> > story can be.
> >
> > I will get to work on telling reporters at The Daily
> > Texan, see if we can
> > get a big spread on it. That's a 30,000+ circulation
> > paper, bigger than
> > most local dailies, and read by folks in the right
> > age bracket to say
> > "Hey! I want reliable internet access, too -- you
> > mean I don't have to use
> > Windows?"
> >
> > In the context of this project, college campuses are
> > great also because
> > campuses typically have not only a student
> > publication but computer user
> > groups, often Linux user groups.
> >
> > timothy
>
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