Each year at the annual United Methodist conference meetings, individuals called to ministry are commissioned and ordained as ministers in the denomination. I write news releases for the media outlets of their choices and distribute the releases electronically. Releases include basic biographical information about the individual as well as an explanation of the process through which the person is going toward becoming a fully credentialed minister in the United Methodist Church.
This release, and others like it, are often picked up and run by the local newspapers where the person serves as well as their hometown newspapers. Photographs are attached to the electronically distributed news releases. Releases are sent electronically to make them easier for papers to copy and paste into their publications and eliminates the need to re-type the releases for use.
Below is an example:
|