Another Great Marketing Dog Resource
Topic: Press Contacts in Richmond, VA
by Slash Coleman
If you're looking to spread the word about your event in Richmond, the secret is to
make personal contact with the people on the other side of the media firewall.
Your first contact should always be a friendly introduction. Don't put the media
person in the position to say, "Yes," or "No." Below I've listed the list I use 2-3
weeks before all of my local events. Good Luck! For more info see my article on,
"The Kick Ass Press Release Part 1"
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1. Individually Entered Website Calendar Listing
(visit each website and enter in your information)
88.9 WCVE -  http://www.wcve.org/artsline/artsline_form.html
NBC 12 - http://wwbtads.com/abouttown/addevent.htm
Fox 35 Richmond - http://fox35.com
97.3 WRIR - http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/submit.php
Weeklyrant.com   - http://www.weeklyrant.com/calendar.htm


2. Calendar Events by e-mail (put “calendar event” in the subject heading)
CBS 6 - ddunn@wtvr.com
WRIC 8 - wrenn@wric.com
Richmond Magazine - calendar@styleweekly.com
Herald Progress Ashland - 6700@townnews.com   
Charlottesville Monthly  - sam@artsmonthly.com

3. Personal Richmond Press e-mails
William Trimble   btrimble@herald-progress.com – Herald Progress Ashland

Cynthia McMullen cmcmullen@timesdispatch.com – Theater Times Dispatch

Susan Winiecki    Editor Richmond Magazine  - editor@richmag.com

Gene marrano   gmarrano@vt.edu – NPR Roanoke

Harry K harryk@richmag.com – Arts guy at Richmond Magazine

Jeff Debell Roanoke Times jeff.debell@roanoke.com

Jason Roop   jason.roop@styleweekly.com – Head editor Style Weekly

Katherine Houstoun    katherine.houstoun@richmond.com – Feature Writer at Richmond.
com

Parker   parker@rvamag.com Art Director at RVA Magazine

Pete Humes   phumes@timesdispatch.com – Art Writer for Times Dispatch

Sarah McDonald    sarahm@richmag.com Art Writer Richmond Magazine

Tony Harris   tony@rvamag.com – Editor RVA Magazine

Bill Lohmann    WLohmann@timesdispatch.com – Feature Writer for Times Dispatch

Carrie Nieman carrie.nieman@styleweekly.com – Arts Editor Style Weekly


4. General Richmond Press e-mails (e-mail a short press release in the
body of your e-mail. Don’t send an attachment or it won’t be opened)

andreasdoernen@clearchannel.com   

bill.drake@cox.com   

brian.kelley@roanoke.com   

craigbutterworth@clearchannel.com   

deannamalone@clearchannel.com   

dlogan@thecommunityweekly.com

Innsbrook Today Magazine  -  itm@visi.net   

jamescraig@clearchannel.com   

jeffstapleton@clearchannel.com   

jimmybarrett@clearchannel.com   

kay.thomas@cox.com

lmaharrey@wtvr.com   

lmartinez@wtvr.com   

Richmond Parents -  mail@richmondpublishing.com

markrusso@clearchannel.com   

mattdemlein@clearchannel.com   

melissachase@clearchannel.com   

mroh@nbc12.com   

news@richmond.com

news@timesdispatch.com   

paulbottoms@clearchannel.com   

richardf@richmag.com   

thomascallan@clearchannel.com

tmorgan@nbc12.com

tomparker@clearchannel.com   

waynecoy@clearchannel.com   

wcovil@wtvr.com   

wfarrar@ideastations.org   

wrfr@aol.com  
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