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SUBMISSIONS INFORMATION

> Rules for General Submissions

> Rules for Submissions by Diocesan Schools

> Rules for Submissions to the Calendar Page

Rules for General Submissions

DEADLINE:   Fourth Friday of the month, noon

ARTICLES:

• Send via e-mail to Roberta Ward as Microsoft Word attachment
• Choose intuitive document names with direct reference to article content.

CONTENT:

• Who, what, where, when, why and how, preferably in lead paragraph
• No editorializing, no unattributed opinions - quote people directly
• Concise, objective, news style

DOCUMENT:

• No headers, no footers, no page numbers, no automatic formatting
• No embedded text, no embedded graphics
• No mastheads, no logos
• No superfluous characters
• Left justified, ragged right type only
• No tables, no tabs, no charts, no graphs              

PHOTOS:

• Send via e-mail as attachments with related articles
• Send in Tiff (*.tif) or Jpeg (*.jpg) format, highest quality digital setting
• Photos may be scanned (at least 200 dpi) for e-mail submission
• Hardcopy photos must arrive by deadline and will not be returned
• Limit is two pictures per submission
• Choose intuitive file names with direct reference to photo content.

CAPTIONS:  

• Photos must have captions identifying all people (left to right) unless shown in a large group  
• Add captions to the end of the article and reference corresponding photos

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Rules for Submissions by Diocesan Schools

ONE STORY PER SCHOOL PER MONTHLY SUBMISSION

 

SCHOOL DEADLINE:   THIRD Friday of the month, noon.

Roberta Ward, Executive Editor, would like to make clear that there is a series of deadlines throughout the production schedule.   Because of the number of schools and the volume of information we receive from schools, the deadline for submissions of news from schools has been set as the third Friday of the month, noon.

ARTICLES:

• Send via e-mail to Roberta Ward as Microsoft Word attachment
• Choose intuitive document names with direct reference to article content.

CONTENT:

• Who, what, where, when, why and how, preferably in lead paragraph
• No editorializing, no unattributed opinions - quote people directly
• Concise, objective, news style
• Relevant to Catholic education and faith/religion
• Relevant to the particular school
• Of broad readership interest - beyond the school

DOCUMENT:

• No headers, no footers, no page numbers, no automatic formatting
• No embedded text, no embedded graphics
• No mastheads, no logos
• No superfluous characters
• Left justified, ragged right type only
• No tables, no tabs, no charts, no graphs            

  

PHOTOS:

• Send via e-mail as attachments with related articles
• Send in Tiff (*.tif) or Jpeg (*.jpg) format, highest quality digital setting
• Photos may be scanned (at least 200 dpi) for e-mail submission
• Hardcopy photos must arrive by deadline and will not be returned
• Limit is two pictures per submission
• Choose intuitive file names with direct reference to photo content.

CAPTIONS:  

• Photos must have captions identifying all people (left to right) unless shown in a large group  
• Add captions to the end of the article and reference corresponding photos

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Rules for Submissions to the Calendar Page

Deadline: Fourth Friday of the month, noon.

Include the following:

• Brief title for the event
• Location including complete address
• Brief description of the event including any cost
• Contact information
• Date(s) and time(s)

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