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  Sunday, May 19, 2013

News Release Format

Fonts are set automatically when the news release is entered into our system, so the only general formatting requirements are that copy should be aligned left, single-spaced and use block paragraphs separated by a single space. Do not use indentations or paragraph styles.

First Line: mm/dd/yyyy

Second Line: Contact:

Third Line: Source: (Name of contact, department (or title), phone xxx/xxx-xxxx, e-mail
List additional contacts as needed.)

Line Space

Headlines: Only the first word in caps, unless it's a proper noun

Line Space

Begin Initial Paragraph: CITY, State (abv.) – (i.e. PULLMAN, Wash. –) Note that city name is all caps. Do not bold city and state.



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