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ERSAR NNIV Y Y A PP A R S H A Y E MEDIA OUTLETS 14 City Map # Outlets 5 18 Bangor 1 WVII-TV, Weekly, Bangor Daily News, 18 18 WEZQ-FM, WBFB-FM, WZON-AM, WHSN-FM Blue Hill 2 WERU-FM Boothbay Harbor 3 Boothbay Register Brewer 4 WQCB-FM, WKIT-FM Caribou 5 WCXU-FM Dover, NH 6 WTSN-AM 11 10 Dover-Foxcroft 7 WDME-FM 7 17 Ellsworth 8 WWMJ-FM, WGUY-FM, WDEA-AM, 1 1 1 15 WLKE-FM, WKSQ-FM 1 1 8 8 1 8 Farmington 9 WKTJ-FM 9 1 8 8 2 Greenville 10 Moosehead Messenger 4 4 20 12 Howland 11 WVOM-FM 16 Islesboro 12 WBYA-FM 19 3 Lewiston 13 WRBC-FM, Twin City Times Madawaska 14 WCXX-FM 13 13 Milbridge 15 WRMO-FM Newcastle 16 The Lincoln County News Old Town 17 WBZN-FM Presque Isle 18 WQHR-FM, WOZI-FM, WBPW-FM South China 19 Town Line 6 Waterville 20 Morning Sentinel

Maine News Service produced 28 news stories, which ran approximately 200 times on 25 radio stations, 8 print outlets, and 1 television stations for a total of 34 media outlets in Maine and border states. Nationally, our stories were picked up by over 460 outlets, and shared on hundreds of websites including our own -- publicnewsservice.org, which generated over 2,000 views, alone. Arizona News Connection News Connection News Service North Carolina News Service Phoenix, AZ 34% Bloomington 40% Columbia 36% Charlotte-Gastonia 31% Tucson, AZ 13% Chicago 14% Fayetteville, AR 1% Chattanooga, TN 8% Additionally, 68 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Decatur 18% Joplin 41% Fayetteville 15% Dubuque, IA 21% Kansas City 20% Greensboro-Winston-Salem 17% Big Sky Connection Evansville, IN 19% Marion-Carbondale, IL 1% Greenville-New Bern 6% Billings 39% LaSalle-Peru 2% Pittsburg, KS 18% Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 2% Great Falls 23% Marion-Carbondale 36% St. Louis 29% Knoxville, TN 1% Kalispell-Flathead Valley 22% Peoria 4% Additionally, 133 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Myrtle Beach 2% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Quad Cities 3% Raleigh-Durham, SC 49% Rockford 1% Rocky Mount-Wilson 28% California News Service St. Louis, MO 7% Wilmington 49% Additionally, 114 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bakersfield 22% Nevada News Service Chico 28% Las Vegas 21% Fresno 5% Reno 27% Los Angeles 20% Additionally, 55 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Merced 19% News Service Oregon News Service Modesto 4% Cedar Rapids 32% Bend 57% Monterey-Salinas 19% Des Moines 19% News Connection Boise, ID 3% Oxnard-Ventura 14% Dubuque 41% Augusta-Waterville, ME 3% Eugene-Springfield 38% Redding 6% La Crosse, WI 2% Boston, MA 2% Las Vegas, NV 2% Riverside-San Bernardino 15% LaSalle-Peru, IL 2% Concord (Lakes Region) 32% Medford-Ashland 51% Sacramento 20% Mason City 36% Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 17% Portland 19% San Diego 21% Quad Cities, IL 36% Lewiston-Auburn, ME 8% Tri-Cities, WA 2% San Francisco 19% Rochester, MN 2% Manchester 51% Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. San Jose 23% Sioux City 12% Montpelier-Barre St. Johnsbury, VT 3% San Luis Obispo 5% Waterloo-Cedar Falls 47% Portland, ME 5% Santa Barbara 39% Prairie News Service Portsmouth-Dover 38% Santa Maria-Lompo 12% Additionally, 155 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bismark 79% Additionally, 38 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Rosa 13% Fargo-Moorhead 49% Stockton 5% Grand Forks 45% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Victor Valley 26% News Connectioin New Mexico News Connection Visalia-Tulare 4% Albuquerque 40% Bowling Green 15% Additionally, 98 stations outside the major mar kets aired the stories. Santa Fe Clarksville, TN 18% 32% Te nnessee News Service Waco, TX Cookeville, TN 2% 3% Bowling Green, KY 5% Evansville, IN 29% Additionally, 45 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Chattanooga 41% Huntington-Ashland, WV 4% Clarksville 18% News Connection News Connection Lexington-Fayette 21% Cookeville 60% Albany-Schenectady-Troy 63% Cheyenne, WY 48% Louisville 22% Jackson, MS 3% Binghamton 37% Colorado Springs 29% Nashville< TN 7% Johnson City-Kingsport 51% Buffalo-Niagara Falls 28% Denver-Boulder 38% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 14% Jonesboro, AR 6% Danbury, CT 8% Fort Collins-Greeley 49% Additionally, 104 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Knoxville 25% Elmira-Corning 9% Pueblo 33% Memphis 29% Hamptons-Riverhead 17% Additionally, 81 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Nashville 21% Ithaca 43% Additionally, 50 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Keystone State News Connection Middlesex-Somerset-Union 12% Allentown-Bethlehem 24% Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 5% Virginia News Connection Commonwealth News Service Morristown, NJ 15% Altoona 20% Baltimore, MD 2% Boston 13% Nassau-Suffolk 32% Atlantic City, NJ 2% Charlottesville 61% Cape Cod 16% New York City 26% Binghamton, NY 9% Frederick, MD 7% Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Newburgh-Middletown 10% Erie 11% Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC 1% New Bedford-Fall River 20% Olean 37% Harrisburg-Lebanon 41% Harrisonburg-Chambersburg-Waynesborro, MD 1% Portsmouth-Dover, NH 5% Poughkeepsie 16% Johnstown 5% Harrisonburg 60% Providence, RI 7% Rochester 35% Lancaster 39% Johnson City-Kingsport, TN 5% Springfield 35% Pittsburgh 25% Stamford-Norwalk, CT 17% NUMBER OF STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE* Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 14% Worcester 26% Syracuse 51% Reading 25% Richmond 28% Additionally, 27 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg 26% Totals 28Utica-Rom | 179e 23% Roanoke-Lynchburn 27% Trenton, NJ 9% Watertown 9% Additionally, 78 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. STORY BREAKOUTWheeling, WV 2% Additionally, 70 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Service BudgetBudgetWilk Policy Policyes Bar & & rPriorities e-ScrantonPriorities 6 | 27% 704 9 | 54 Bridgeport 9% News Service Children’sConsumerWilliamspor IssuesIssuest 3 3| 32119%| 40 Danbury 19% ConsumerWilmington,Energy Issues Policy DE 1 |2 13102 | %12 Seattle-Tacoma 11% Hamptons-Riverhead, NY Northern Rockies News Services 2% CriminalEnvironment JusticeYork 2 2 | | 232 22 27% Spokane 34% Hartford-New Britain Health Issues 9 | 52 18% EarlyAdditionall Childhoody, 62 stations Education outside the major mar1 k ets| 132 aired the stories. Bend, OR 10% Tri-Cities 36% New Haven Public Lands/Wilderness 1 | 17 19% Education 2 | 222 Boise 57% Yakima Social Justice 1 | 0 28% New London 23% Endangered Species & Wildlife 9 | 1,005 Spokane, WA 46% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Springfield, MA 4% Energy Policy 8 | 912 Additionally, 57 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 52 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Environment 18 | 2,052 West Virginia News Service We rely on a wider variety Environmental Justice 2 | 236 Beckley 50% of news sources than ever Health Issues 16 | 2,748 Human Rights/RacialMNS MarketMaine Justice Share News1 Information| Ser122 vice Ohio News Connection Charleston 35% before. TraditionalFlorida media News Connectionstill Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston 20% Public Lands/WildernessAugusta-Watervile 2% 23 | 2,757 Akron 21% Brunswick, GA 8% Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD 4% provide news and information Rural/FarmingBangor 1659% | 1,947 Canton 29% Daytona Beach 19% 3 | 218 Huntington-Ashland 54% for a large majority of our Portsmouth-DoverSocial Justice 2% Charleston 1% Dothan, AL 4% Sustainable Agriculture 6 | 726 Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 36% population and social media Additionally, 11 stations outside the major mar kets aired the stories. Cincinnati 62% Fort Myers-Naples Water 1 | 123 Parkersburg-Marietta 43% 6% 29% has transformed our ability Women’s Issues 2 | 256 Pittsburgh, PA 2% Fort Pierce-Vero Beach 14% Columbus 31% to discover new stories and Wheeling 42% Fort Walton Beach 12% Dayton 44% interact withGainsville-Oscala our audience. 16% Additionally, 61stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Connection Huntington-Ashland, WV 5% Jacksonville 30% Lima 47% Battle Creek 53% Follow usLak oneland-Winter Twitter! Haven 24% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 17% Wisconsin News Connection Melbourne-Titusville Detroit 31% 22% Toledo 32% Appleton-Oshkosh 30% twitter.com/pns_Miami-Fort Lauderdale Flint 10% ME 11% Wheeling, WV 36% Dubuque, IA 5% Mobile, AL Grand Rapids 32% 5% Youngstown-Warren 49% Duluth-Superior, MN 24% Orlando Kalamazoo 38% Like us on Facebook! 19% Additionally, 80 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Eau Claire 68% Panama City Muskegon 16% 31% Green Bay 35% Pensacola South Bend, IN 19% facebook.com/ 22% La Crosse 42% Sarasota-Bradenton Toledo, OH 2% publicnewservice 31% Madison 29% Sebring Traverse City-Petoskey 45% 10% Milwaukee-Racine 21% Tallahassee Additionally, 140 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 13% Sheboygan 9% Find us onTa Google+mpa-St.Petersburg and 29% Wausau-Stevens Point 8% 15 other networks!The Florida Keys 46% Additionally, 67 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 17% Additionally, 56 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Connection News Service Duluth-Superior, MI 57% Casper 97% Fargo-Morehead, ND 51% Greater Dakota News Service MNS Print Outlets 8 Cheyenne 48% Grand Forks, ND 31% Total Media Radio Stations 25 Fort Collins-Greeley, CO 2% La Crosse, WI 3% La Crosse, WI 5% Television Stations 1 34 Rapid City, SD 34% Rapid City 69% Outlet Mankato-New Ulm 29% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 157 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Types OnlineMason — Stories City, IA live on 100s 21% of news/bloggers/advocacy sites Minneapolis-St. Paul 22% Rochester 24% St. Cloud 31% Additionally, 182 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.

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