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(207) 791-6000 (local)
(800) 894-0031 (in Maine)

Newsroom General Number
(207) 791-6320

Newsroom General Fax
(207) 791-6920
One City Center
5th Floor
Portland, Maine
04101
To submit a news tip
To share a news tip, call our News Tip Hotline
(207) 791-6500

Or email:
The Newsroom: news@pressherald.com,
Executive Editor Cliff Schechtman: cshechtman@pressherald.com or
City Editor Dieter Bradbury: dbradbury@pressherald.com
Close to Home announcement submissions
For submissions to Close to Home, please email communitynews@pressherald.com.

Examples of such items include community/civic events, School Notes, Military Notes, birth announcements.

Events listings should be sent at least two, preferably three, weeks before they occur.
To submit a business item
All business items should be sent to business@pressherald.com.

If the item is aimed for one of our weekly business features, please type the name of the feature in the subject line. The features are:

On the Move – for promotions, certifications or awards.

Business Calendar – for upcoming events

Open for Business – New business opening, new partnership or new location.

Shoptalk – profile of local business.

Your Business – column written by local business members on issues facing businesses.
Contribute an item to Features
Features items should be sent to features@pressherald.com.

Calendar listings should be sent to go@pressherald.com.

Note: Events listings should be sent at least two, preferably three, weeks before they occur.
To send us general sports news
General sports news may be sent to sports@pressherald.com.


Editors



Cliff Schechtman, Executive editor
(207) 791-6693  cschechtman@mainetoday.com

Angie Muhs, Executive editor / Interactive
(207) 791-6330  amuhs@mainetoday.com

Steve Greenlee, Managing editor
(207) 791-6301  sgreenlee@mainetoday.com

News and Business
Dieter Bradbury, Deputy managing editor / News
(207) 791-6329  dbradbury@mainetoday.com

Katherine Lee, City editor
(207) 791-6302  klee@mainetoday.com

John Richardson, Deputy city editor
(207) 791-6324  jrichardson@mainetoday.com

Features
Rod Harmon, Deputy managing editor / Features
(207) 791-6450  rharmon@mainetoday.com

Sports
Joe Grant, Sports editor
(207) 791-6480   jgrant@mainetoday.com

Systems
Jack Milton, Systems editor
(207) 791-6430   jmilton@mainetoday.com

Night Desk
Steve Ericson, Copy desk chief
(207) 791-6321   sericson@mainetoday.com



Editorial Page


Greg Kesich, Editor
(207) 791-6481  gkesich@mainetoday.com

Reporters


News and Business
J. Craig Anderson, business
(207) 791-6390  canderson@mainetoday.com

Tom Bell, Portland
(207) 791-6369  tbell@mainetoday.com

Randy Billings, Portland City Hall
(207) 791-6346  rbillings@mainetoday.com

Kelley Bouchard, health care and social services
(207) 791-6328  kbouchard@mainetoday.com

Leslie Bridgers, Westbrook, Gorham, Windham
(207) 791-6364   lbridgers@mainetoday.com

Matt Byrne, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, N. Yarmouth and Freeport
(207) 791-6303   mbyrne@pressherald.com

North Cairn, environmental issues
(207) 791-6325   ncairn@mainetoday.com

Scott Dolan, courts reporter
(207) 791-6304   sdolan@mainetoday.com

Noel Gallagher, education, business
(207) 791-6387  ngallagher@pressherald.com

Gillian Graham, Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach
(207) 791-6315  ggraham@mainetoday.com

Jessica Hall, Business
(207) 791-6316   jhall@mainetoday.com

David Hench, Cops and general assignment
(207) 791-6327  dhench@mainetoday.com

Dennis Hoey, Nights and general assignment
(207) 791-6365  dhoey@mainetoday.com

Edward D. Murphy, General assignment
(207) 791-6465  emurphy@mainetoday.com

Bill Nemitz, News columnist
(207) 791-6323  bnemitz@mainetoday.com

Beth Quimby, Weekend reporter
(207) 791-6363  bquimby@mainetoday.com

Eric Russell, General assignment
(207) 791-6344  erussell@mainetoday.com

Tux Turkel, Energy and utilities, finance, real estate
(207) 791-6462   tturkel@mainetoday.com

Colin Woodard, State and national affairs
(207) 791-6317   cwoodard@mainetoday.com

MaineToday Media Washington, D.C. Bureau
Kevin Miller, Bureau chief
(207) 317-6256   kmiller@mainetoday.com

State House Bureau
Steve Mistler, Reporter
(207) 791-6345 or (207) 370-8732  smistler@mainetoday.com

Sports
Paul Betit, Reporter
(207) 791-6424  pbetit@mainetoday.com

Tom Chard, Reporter
(207) 791-6419  tchard@mainetoday.com

Deirdre Fleming, Outdoors Reporter
(207) 791-6452  dfleming@mainetoday.com

Glenn Jordan, Reporter
(207) 791-6425  gjordan@mainetoday.com

Mike Lowe, Reporter
(207) 791-6422  mlowe@mainetoday.com

Steve Solloway, Reporter and Columnist
(207) 791-6412  ssolloway@mainetoday.com

Kevin Thomas, Reporter
207-791-6411  kthomas@mainetoday.com

Features
Meredith Goad, Food
(207) 791-6332  mgoad@mainetoday.com

Avery Yale Kamila, Scene & Heard (society news)
organic & vegetarian food, fashion
(207) 791-6297  akamila@mainetoday.com

Bob Keyes, Visual & performing arts
(207) 791-6457  bkeyes@mainetoday.com

Aimsel Ponti, Listings, music
(207) 791-6455  aponti@mainetoday.com

Send calendar listings to go@pressherald.com

Ray Routhier, Music, home improvement and house profiles
(207) 791-6454  rrouthier@mainetoday.com

Wendy Almeida, Assistant city editor / Features
(207) 791-6334 walmeida@mainetoday.com




Photographers


Gregory Rec, Chief photographer
grec@mainetoday.com

Gordon Chibroski, Photographer
gchibroski@mainetoday.com

John Ewing, Photographer
jewing@mainetoday.com

Shawn Patrick Ouellette, Photographer
souellette@mainetoday.com

John Patriquin, Photographer
jpatriquin@mainetoday.com


News Graphics Artists


Michael Fisher
(207) 791-6386  mfisher@mainetoday.com


Online


Ted Andrick, Newsroom programmer
(207) 791-6306  tandrick@mainetoday.com

Susan Axelrod, content producer
(207) 791-6310  saxelrod@mainetoday.com

Karen Beaudoin, Asst. city editor / Online
(207) 791-6296  kbeaudoin@mainetoday.com

Shannon Bryan, Site manager, mainetoday.com
(207) 791-6333  sbryan@mainetoday.com

Chelsea Doyle, Community moderator
(207) 791-6331  cdoyle@mainetoday.com

Julia McCue, Database editor
(207) 791-6389  jmccue@mainetoday.com

Christian MilNeil, content producer
(207) 791-6307  cmilneil@mainetoday.com

Jason Singer, Assistant city editor / Online
(207) 791-6437  jsinger@mainetoday.com

Peter Vachon, Interactive art director
(207) 791-9409  pvachon@mainetoday.com

Rick Wakely, Online copy editor
(207) 791-6395  rwakely@mainetoday.com


Reader Services


Judy Hill, News clerk
(207) 791-6305   jhill@mainetoday.com

Melanie Creamer, News assistant
(207) 791-6361   mcreamer@mainetoday.com

Deb Sayer, News assistant
(207) 791-6308  dsayer@mainetoday.com


Tips on submitting press releases


Email is the best way to share your news with us. Before you hit send, read these tips to make sure you send the complete information to the right person.
Be specific in your subject line
Our reporters often get hundreds of emails each day, so be sure your subject line is clear. If your subject line looks like spam or something without a tie to Maine, there’s a chance your message may be deleted before it’s ever opened.
Include the four Ws
It seems simple, but it’s surprising how often one of these crucial pieces of information is left out of news releases. Be sure to give the who, what, when and where of your event or accomplishment. If you’re promoting an event, please include the ticket price or state clearly that it’s free.
List contact information
Our reporters work on tight deadlines, which means they may have only a few hours to contact you between when they are assigned a story and when they need to file it. In addition to your email and web address, be sure to include a cell phone or other phone number where you can be reached during the day.
Do not send your news as a Word document or PDF
We prefer that you copy and paste your message into the body of your email. This ensures your information can be quickly and easily read. Word documents and PDFs can often be difficult, and sometimes impossible, to open.
Attach hi-res photos
If you have photos to illustrate your news, be sure to attach them (rather than wait for a reporter to request them). Photos should be JPGs and need to be sized no smaller than 200 dpi.
Include a description of the artist or act
When sending information about an upcoming concert, dance performance, art show or other event, be sure to include a line or two describing the artist or performer. This can be as simple as mentioning the genre of the music or the style of art. A short bio is also helpful.
Send your news in advance To be included in calendar listings, be sure to send your information at least two weeks in advance of the event. If you can, send it three weeks in advance, as events are entered into our calendar on a first-come, first-served basis. To send information to Raising Maine magazine, send your information at least six weeks in advance.
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