Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide 2016 Media Listings for Metropolitan New Jersey edited by: Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College www.pccc.edu/cultural-affairs/pcchc 973-684-5444 This project was made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State; and by Passaic County Community College. All entries are based on material available at the time of publication. Information for the next edition of the Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide is welcome. Please send to Susan Balik, Manager, Cultural Affairs at Passaic County Community College (see address below) or email to [email protected]. Copyright © 2016. All Rights Reserved. Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College One College Boulevard Paterson, New Jersey 07505-1179 www.pccc.edu/cultural-affairs/pcchc Large This publication is available in Large Print. Print Please contact our office at (973) 684-5444. Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide Table of Contents Helpful Hints p. 5 Print Media p. 7 Radio p. 53 Television p. 68 Specialty Publications p. 73 Websites p. 75 Ethnic Media p. 76 Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide 2016 Introduction: Helpful Hints PRESS RELEASES – PRINT/ONLINE Remember to include the contact and telephone number on the release and write “for immediate release” at the top. The finished release should reach the newspaper about three weeks ahead of schedule. Today, email is an acceptable, and often preferable, way to send a press release; however, we suggest that you contact the media source to confirm. If you include a photograph, call to check acceptable sizes. Also, check if your source accepts black and white or color, and, if the photos can be sent via email. Remember to caption your photograph. Keep mailing lists free of errors and update changes of addresses, news editors, reporters, and departments. The press release should be followed up by a phone call one week before the event. It is important to maintain amiable and frequent contacts with the press. Ask the press to bring along a photographer to your event, but be sure to arrange for someone from your organization to take photographs, as well. RADIO AND TELEVISION Send only important press releases to local radio and cable television stations. If these stations are inundated with too many press releases, they may ignore your important events. If possible, follow up on all contacts. For major events, try News 12 New Jersey, or local cable and radio stations. If a story has real human interest, attempts can be made to contact Channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11, but an interesting aspect must be well thought out. Sometimes, it is better to give an exclusive human interest story to one reporter, and let him or her know that the story is an exclusive. ______________________________________ 5 Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide 2016 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE FOR PRINT MEDIA For Immediate Release Contact: Maria Mazziotti Gillan, 973-684-6555 Date: April 14, 2016 BILLY COLLINS, WINNER OF PATERSON POETRY PRIZE, TO READ IN PATERSON The Distinguished Poets Series of the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College is presenting a poetry reading by the winner and finalists of the Paterson Poetry Prize on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 1 p.m. at the historic Hamilton Club Building, 32 Church Street, in downtown Paterson. Parking is available at the PCCC parking lot on College Blvd., between Memorial Drive and Church St. For more information, call (973) 684-6555 or visit www.poetrycenterpccc.com. Billy Collins, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize, was honored for his most recent collection of poetry, Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems 2003 – 2013. Collins was the U. S. Poet Laureate from 2001-2003 and NY State Poet Laureate 2004-2006. He has ten collections of poetry and two chapbooks and has edited several anthologies. He is a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has been awarded the Oscar Blumenthal Prize, the Bess Hokin Prize, the Frederick Bock Prize, and the Levinson Prize — all from Poetry magazine. He is also a recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s 2004 Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry, and the 2013 Donald Hall-Jane Kenyon Prize in American Poetry. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York, as well as a Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute at Rollins College. The Paterson Poetry Prize Finalists, also reading at the Poetry Center, include: Valerie Bandura, Freak Show (Black Lawrence Press, Pittsburgh, PA) Daisy Fried, Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA) Jonathan Gillman, My Father, Humming (Antrim House, Simsbury, CT) Rachel McKibbens, Into the Dark & Emptying Field (Small Doggies Press, Portland, OR) Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Backlit Hour (S. F. Austin State Univ. Press, Nacogdoches, TX) Charles Simic, New and Selected Poems 1962-2012 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, NY, NY) The Hamilton______________________________________ Club Building is wheelchair accessible; large print materials and FM assistive listening 6 devices available on request. The Poetry Center at PCCC has been named a Distinguished Arts Project and is funded, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide 2016 Print Media 24 Horas – Portuguese Daily Newspaper 68 Madison Street Newark, New Jersey 07105 Tel: (973) 817-7400, Fax: (973) 817-8383 Email: [email protected] Website: www.24horasnewspaper.com Contacts: Victor M. Alves, Director/Administrator; Igor M. Alves, Marketing & Special Events Coverage: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Passaic and Union Counties in New Jersey. Nassau, Queens, Suffolk and Westchester Counties in New York. Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut. Frequency: published daily, except Sundays Circulation: 15,000 daily Deadline: press releases should arrive at least two business days before publication. Guidelines: Portuguese-language newspaper. Format is flexible, but must include author’s contact and company name. Looks for stories that impact the Portuguese and Brazilian communities in the U.S., particularly the tri-state area. Also, accepts general interest items if they pertain to Newark, Elizabeth, Union, Hillside, Harrison or Kearny. Aim Jefferson/Aim West Milford/Aim Vernon 505-509 Main Street Butler, NJ 0740 Phone: (973) 283-2279 Fax: (973) 283-5623 Email: [email protected] ______________________________________ 7 Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide 2016 Website: www.northjersey.com Contact: Editor, Jai Agnish Coverage: Aim Jefferson: Lake Hopatcong, Oak Ridge, Wharton and Lake Shawnee. Aim West Milford: Hewitt, Newfoundland, Oak Ridge and West Milford. Aim Vernon: Vernon, Jefferson Township. Frequency: published weekly on Fridays Combined Circulation: 28,265 Deadline: 2-3 weeks prior to publication Guidelines: email preferred. Priority is given to events in above towns. Aim no longer covers Sussex County. America Oggi – Italian Language Daily 475 Walnut Street Norwood, New Jersey 07648 United States Tel: (201) 358-6692 Fax: (201) 358-9212 Email: [email protected] Website: www.americaog.it Contacts: Editor, Andrea Mantineo Coverage: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut Frequency: daily, with a Sunday cultural magazine Circulation: 65,000 Deadline: two weeks Guidelines: Italian-language daily newspaper. Email preferred. English submissions accepted. ______________________________________ 8 Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide 2016 Amerika Woche / Washington Journal / Freie Zeitung 100 S Ocean Avenue, Suite 1U Freeport, New York 11520 Tel: (516) 771-3181 Fax: (516) 771-3184 Email: [email protected] Website: www.amerikawoche.com Contact: Jerry Sperling, Office Manager Coverage: New York City metro, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Chicago, Milwaukee and West Florida Coast Frequency: published nationwide, bi-weekly Circulation: 25,000 Deadline: Friday before bi-weekly printing deadline for all ads/submissions Guidelines: German-language publication. Word for text; PDF for mixed graphics. The Amsterdam News New York Amsterdam News 2340 Frederick Douglass Blvd. New York, New York 10027 Tel: (212) 932-7400 Fax: (212) 222-3842 Email: [email protected] Website: www.amsterdamnews.com Contact: Nayaba Arinde, Editor (212-932-7479) Frequency: published weekly Deadline: 2 weeks prior to publication Guidelines: focuses on black communities throughout the New York City area, and also on national and international issues. ______________________________________ 9 Metropolitan New Jersey Media Guide 2016 Arab Voice/Middle East News 85-99 Hazelnut St. # 2 Paterson, NJ 07503-2307 Tel: (973) 523-7815 Fax: (973) 523-0351 Website: www.arabvoice.com Email: [email protected] Contact: Walid Rabah, publisher Coverage:Washington, Virginia, Meadowlands, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Boston, Upstate New York, New Jersey, and all five Bureaus of New York Frequency: published Saturdays Circulation: 20,000 Deadline: every Thursday prior to publication Argus 505-509 Main Street Butler, NJ 07405 Tel: (973)