2009 annual report

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MEDIA OUTLETS City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets Allston 1 Boston Korean Fairhaven 12 The Advocate, WFHN-FM Quincy 27 The Patriot Ledger Amherst 2 WFCR-FM (NPR Network Framingham 13 WKOX-AM South Attleboro 28 My Backyard for Western MA) Gardner 14 The Gardner News Springfi eld 29 African American/Diversity Athol 3 Athol Daily News Great Barrington 15 WSBS-AM Newswire, WAQY-FM, Barnstable 4 WQRC-FM Greenfi eld 16 WHAI-FM, WHMQ AM, WHYN-AM, WHYN-FM Bellingham 5 Bellingham Bulletin WPVQ-FM Townsend 30 Main Street Trilogy Boston 6 Boston Neighborhood Harwich 17 WCCT-FM Truro 31 WCDJ-AM, WCDJ-FM Network Television, Lowell 18 The Dispatch News Turner Falls 32 WRSI-FM, Montague Re- El Planeta, Metro-Boston, Marshfi eld 19 WATD-FM porter WBCN-FM, WBMX-FM, Medford 20 WXKS-FM Waltham 33 IndUS Business Journal, WBUR-FM, WBZ AM, WRCA-AM Milford 21 WMRC-AM WERS-FM, WJMN-FM, Westfi eld 34 The Longmeadow News, New Bedford 22 WBSM AM WODS-FM, WBET-AM WNNZ-AM, (NPR Network Brookline 7 Hispanic News Press News North Adams 23 iberkshire.com, WNAW-AM, for Western MA) WUPE-FM Cambridge 8 WHRB-FM, WMBR-FM Worcester 35 WSRS-FM, WTAG-AM, Chatham 9 The Cape Cod Chronicle Northampton 24 WHMP AM, WLZX-FM WVEI-AM East Longmeadow 10 Chicopee Herald Weekly, Orleans 25 WOCN-FM WHNP-AM Pittsfi eld 26 Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfi eld Everett 11 WXKS-AM Gazette, WBEC-AM, WBEC-FM, WBRK-AM, WBRK-FM, WUHN-FM, WUPE-AM

In 2009, Commonwealth News Service produced 101 news stories, which ran almost 5,200 times on 83 media outlets in Massachusetts and border states and 1,974 regionally/nationwide. An average of 51 media outlets broadcast and/or published each story on air/print/TV and online. “If you haven’t got a Public News Service going in your state, there’s no better time than now.” “Si en su estado no cuentan con la presencia de Public News Service, éste es el mejor momento para conseguirlo.” Rick Wilson, American Friends Service Committee

“media savvy and expertise on tap at PNS is invaluable… …I love reading CNS Market Share Information your stories… …truly value our partnership… timely usage analysis…care, professionalism and results… amazing media outlet…Keep up the good and important work…my very strong recommendation for the Public News

Service as it expands.” “PNS es una raya en el agua, dentro del torrente de los medios.”

CNS Media Outlet Types Print Outlets 21 Radio Stations 61 NUMBER OF STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE* Television Stations 1 Totals 101 | 5,160 Total 83 STORY BREAKOUT Online — Stories live on 100s of Budget Policy & Priorities 22 | 950 news/bloggers/advocacy sites Children’s Issues 4 | 184 Civil Rights 2 | 93 Community Issues 2 | 100 Consumer Issues 2 | 80 Education 4 | 208 Energy Policy 1 | 46 Environment 10 | 408 Health Issues 37 | 1,603 International Relief 1 | 48 Oceans 3 | 139 Peace 2 | 89 Philanthropy 1 | 42 Public Lands/Wilderness 1 | 52 Social Justice 6 | 246 Toxics 2 | 830 Women’s Issues 1 | 42

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