Reading the news on the BBC website all day, while checking that everyone I know in London is safe.

Today’s media stories from the papers
If you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it as an email every morning, please click here Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Jason Manford quits BBC’s One Show Comedian steps down from hosting role after a string of Twitter flirtations with female fans BBC Trust chairman deadline looms Roger Parry, Richard Hooper and Anthony Fry expected to be among applicants – while others …
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Today’s Palatka Daily News Sports Headlines
You can read more about these items in today’s Palatka Daily News, available at newsstands and stores throughout Putnam County.
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Terrelle Pryor, NFL Picks Week 16, Rex Ryan and Today’s Late Sports News If you haven’t heard yet, it appears the rumors of the Ohio State football program committing NCAA violations were true after all. Five Buckeyes players, including star QB Terrelle Pryor, must sit out the first five games of the 2011 NCAA season for accepting improper benefits. A sixth player will have to sit out the first …
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Answer by Rose T
First African American president sworn in
Miracle on the Hudson
Tainted Chinese milk – plant management executed
Bing – the new decision engine from Microsoft

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I am suppose to find “newsworthy” articles of the 1990 for:

North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Middle East OR Austrailia

If anyone has any info. please contact me ASAP

Thank you!

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Answer by dd
go to wikipedia.org and type in 1990 it will bring up all events and you can choose which one you want

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Question by Hand puppet pet: If a world breaking news event happens on the eve of inauguration day, will they postpone and delay the event?
or would they go forth and try to cover as best they can? When this is the media’s choice would the Dem’s express unforgivable anger? directed at whom? the public or the media? both? My guess is they would blame Bush as always!

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Answer by salsburymae
I think it depends on the news breaking event and how tragic or dramatic it was. Otherwise, bring on the inauguration please!

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India expecting 50 truckloads of onion from Pakistan Friday
Indian importers are expecting at least 50 truckloads of onion to reach here through the Attari-Wagah border check-post Friday, a day after seeing a decline in the import of the now precious commodity from Pakistan.
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ABC News 20/20 Wins duPont Award for ‘The Coach’s Secret’
An ABC News 20/20 investigation that uncovered a sex abuse scandal involving dozens of male swim coaches of teen female swimmers today received one of journalism’s most prestigious awards — the Dupont Silver Baton from Columbia University. The report by ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross and producers Megan Chuchmach and Avni Patel found some 36 coaches for USA Swimming, the …
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Today in the Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today’s highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
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anyone remember his name?

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Answer by The Princess
Adlan

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How to Write a Press Release: Punchy Headlines

A press release is simply an announcement of a newsworthy event, information that is timely, entertaining, interesting, or helpful. A punchy headline is critical in getting your press release noticed. Releases can be distributed by email, snail mail, or fax. Do not use attachments with a press release. Most editors will delete the entire email unopened because of the potential of viruses in unsolicited attachments.

Don’t send the press release as a PDF file. PDF files can’t be copied and pasted if the recipient doesn’t have the correct Adobe program. This means the editor will have to have the entire release re-typed and they probably won’t do it.

The release can go on your corporate stationary and include a photo of the product if relevant. It can also, of course, be emailed.

Press Release Format

Immediate Release – and today’s date (or the date the paper should publish the release if it is time related)

Contact Information:
Your name
Your phone number
Your email address

Include all this information. Many reporters won’t pursue a press release that doesn’t have a phone number. If you live outside the US and want US coverage you have to have a phone number in the US, a toll free 800 (888 or 866) number, or state in the release that the reporter should email you with a convenient date and time and you will place and pay for the call. You could also use a skype phone number (a service for phone calls over the Internet) but that requires the reporter to have a headset and microphone and most may not.

You can put the contact information at the end of the release. If you do, put the statement “Contact Information Below” in place of your name, phone number and email address.

PUNCHY HEADLINE

Try not to have the headline be the same old, same old. “New Book Released by Local Author” for example. Or “New Book Tells Why Your Kids Are Rotten.” This is make it or break it time. The headline is what will entice the reporter or editor to read your release. Use a headline like Five Reasons Kids Are Rotten: And What Parents Can Do About It.

I know there are thousands of press releases that begin “Big Company, Inc. announces innovative new product, new vice president, price cuts, or whatever.” If you were a reporter would that interest you? Would that grab your attention? No. So don’t use it as a headline. Remember your goal: Providing the reporter with information that makes it easy for the reporter to craft a story that will be meaningful to the publication’s readers.

If possible tie your product and your headline to a current news event. If you don’t have any ideas, make a list of your product’s benefits and then cruise newspaper headlines to see how your product fits in with what’s happening in the world.

Headlines are meant for humans not search engine bots. Keywords are wonderful but a string of keywords does not a headline make. If you want your release to show up high in the search engine rankings when searching the keyword string, that’s fine, but use a different headline for the release distributed to humans.

How to write a press release using punchy headlines can unleash the power of publicity for you.

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