Places the Store will be sending the Press Release:
Chicago-area Outlets
• ABC Television
WLS-TV (ABC7-Chicago) does not accept press releases via email. All documents should be faxed to (312) 899-8019. For a directory of links for ABC New's various national programs click here. (link goes to:
abcnews.go.com/Reference/story?id=54216)• American Bar Association Journal
All press releases should be emailed to releases@abanet.org.
• CBS Television
WBBM-FM (CBS2-Chicago) accepts press releases on its Web site (http://cbs2chicago.com/contact) . This page should be used to contact all national programs. (http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/feedback/fb_news_form.shtml)
• Chicago Sun-Times
Submit press releases by e-mail to your target department. Find a list of departmental contacts here. (http://www.suntimes.com/index.html)
• Chicago Tribune
Press releases may be faxed to individual departments. Find a list of fax numbers on this page. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/chi-contactus,1,2962163.htmlstory?coll=chi-navrailservices-nav)
For Metromix listings here's a page. Submit listings three weeks in advance. No fax or mail accepted. (http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/services/site/mmx-listed,0,1327995.story?coll=mmx-home_header_promo)
• Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM)
To send press releases to the city's NPR affiliate, visit this page to find the emails for the various departments.
(http://chicagopublicradio.org/services/contact.asp)
• Chicagoland Television (CLTV)
Send story ideas to the staff using this form. (http://cltv.trb.com/about/cltv-feedbackcustom,0,1091106.customform?coll=cltv-home-topnav)
Also, submit items for the station's online community calendar using this form. (http://cltv.trb.com/about/station/cltv-communitycalendar,0,2166551.story?coll=cltv-station-1)
• Crain's Chicago Business
chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/newsTips.pl(Send story ideas only. Press Releases and similar materials should be sent to: Crain's Chicago Business, 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60601)
• Daily Herald
www.dailyherald.com/info/feedback.aspSubmit press releases on the newspaper's feedback form.
• Daily Southtown
Email press releases to the newsroom at news@dailysouthtown.com.
• NBC Television
Send press releases to WMAQ-TV (NBC5-Chicago) using this form. (http://www.nbc5.com/contact/index.html) National news may be submitted email. To find the correct address by show click here. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10285339/)
• Pioneer Press Newspapers - weeklies serving the North, Northwest and Western suburbs.
This page allows you to submit press release to any of the 50+ papers in the chain. (http://www.pioneerlocal.com/index.html?emailwhat=comments-news.dat&paper2=)
• Post-Tribune
www.post-trib.com/about_us/about_us.htmlFind the e-mail address for the correct department with this link.
• RedEye
The staff gladly accepts story ideas. Use this form. (http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/about/red-tipline,0,6713103.customform?coll=red-about-headlines)
• Suburban Chicago Newspapers: Aurora Beacon News, Joliet Herald News, Elgin Courier News, Waukegan News Sun and Sun Publications
Here's a page which includes tips and links for submitting your press releases or story ideas online to either of these papers. (http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/index.html)
• The Times of Northwest Indiana
Send press releases via email at newstips@nwindianatimes.com.
• WGN-TV
Here's a page which includes a link for submitting your press releases or story ideas online. (http://wgntv.trb.com/about/station/wgntv-about-contact,0,555629.htmlstory?coll=wgntv-footer)
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Other Illinois Outlets
• WIFR-TV Freeport-Rockford Channel 23
www.wifr.com/unclassified/forms/1710917.html• Belleville News-Democrat
www.thesouthern.com/template.php?p=subscriber_services/releases.php• Carbondale Southern Illinoisan
www.thesouthern.com/template.php?p=subscriber_services/releases.php• Champaign News-Gazette
www.news-gazette.com/service/submitnews.cfm• Decatur Herald & Review
www.herald-review.com/Editorials/submitpressrelease.php• Jacksonville Journal-Courier
www.journal-courier.net/contact/storyidea.shtml• Plainfield Enterprise
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Indiana Outlets
• Indianapolis Star
indystarnewsroom@indystar.com
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Wisconsin Outlets
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The newsroom at the Journal Sentinel will accept press releases through its Web page. (http://www2.jsonline.com/general/jstips.asp)
• Milwaukee Public Radio
www.wuwm.com/press.shtml