US DG members: does your newspaper have a gardening column?

terry - can you post your press release here for all of us to see and pass around?

philadelphia inquirer - denise cowie

North Coast Journal Amy Stewart
garden@amystewart.com

Fort Wayne, IN
The Journal Gazette www.journalgazette.net
Rosa Salter rsalter@jg.net
The only other info I could find was: "Ricky Kemery is the extension educator for horticulture at the Allen County branch of the Purdue Extension Service. Send your yard and garden questions to Kemery at kemeryr@purdue. edu. " He has a question & answer type column on the Sunday paper.

The Times/North West Indiana Papers/ http://nwitimes.com/articles/2004/12/06/features/home_and_garden/5b178d0858b80a8e86256f5b0080100e.txt
Petunia's Patch column by Patricia Earnest
Patricia Earnest in care of The Times, 601 45th Ave., Munster, IN 46321, or e-mail them to blaszk@nwitimes.com.

The Times Features Writer Molly Woulfe

BY MOLLY WOULFE
mwoulfe@nwitimes.com
219.852.4329

The Times correspondent: Russell Hodge Is a certified arborist and an accredited tree appraiser. He can be reached at (219) 942-2213 or by e-mail at RLJHODGE@hotmail.com.
South Bend Tribune/South Bend, IN
RITA C. HENEHAN
Tribune Correspondent Rita Henehan is an advanced master gardener from Purdue University. She lives and gardens in rural Michigan. E-mail her at rchenehan@voyager.net.

Deanna Francis, lifestyles editor
dfrancis@sbtinfo.com
Nicole Mullins/Tribune-Star/Terra Haute, IN
Nicole Mullins can be reached at (812) 231-4299 or nicole.mullins@tribstar.com.
The Star Press/Muncie, IN/ www.thestarpress.com
Lifestyles: Kathy Kirby at P.O. Box 2408, Muncie, Ind. 47307-0408, fax number 213-5858 or e-mail kkirby@muncie.gannett.com
Kendallville News-Sun/ Kendallvilee, IN/http://www.kpcnews.com
Megan Hockley meganh@kpcnews.net


Gemila

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kooger, if you have editors'/columnists' names, that would be great. (I think I may have access to the same list of newspapers you're referring to - the legwork is in looking up all the papers and figuring out who's who.)

Thanks again to all the new additions - they're going on my list right now!

handhelpers, I'll need to check with Dave to see when he's ready to post the press release (I want to make sure we don't unintentionally send multiple copies to the same writers, a sure-fire way to aggravate 'em ;o)

Please keep those names, email addresses and newspaper info (name, city/state) coming!

The Ames Tribune, Ames, IA

Todd Burras
Copy Editor/Outdoors
Phone: (515) 232-2161 Extension 347
Email: tburras@amestrib.com

Jayne Bullock
Staff Reporter - Arts and Entertainment/Community Life
Phone: (515) 232-2161 Extension 343
Email: jbullock@amestrib.com

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The Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, IA

Criss Roberts
Features Editor
features@thehawkeye.com

The Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, Florida)

Marina Blomberg, blombem@gvillesun.com

Our very own Awanda was featured in her local paper. Here is a post; http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/465589/ If you look closely at the photo, on the bottom right is the info for that newspaper.

Gemila

Terry, I don't know if this will help, but Mike Nowak at WGN radio has a Saturday evening gardening show, and is also a columnist at a local gardening magazine. Here is a link to his page at the WGN radio website. He has an e-mail and voicemail number listed there. I believe that WGN radio broadcasts can also be listened to over the internet for anyone interested.
http://wgnradio.com/shows/gardening/index.html
Deb

Los Angeles Times
Home

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A separate section published Thursdays. Covers every aspect of the home from interior design to landscaping.
Deadline: Two weeks before an event.
News hotline: (213) 237-5016.
Fax: (213) 237-2127.
E-mail: home@latimes.com

New Orleans - Times Picayune
columnist - Dan Gill
I could not find an address for him at the newspaper, but here is his address at the LSU ag center.

DGill@agcenter.lsu.edu

smartin@buffnews.com (Susan Martin, Buffalo News, Buffalo N.Y.)

Johnson County Graphic
Published weekly, on Wednesday
website: http://www.cswnet.com/~graphic

email: graphic@cswnet.com
events editor: Wanda Williams
managing editor: Margaret Wylie
assistant copy editor: Sharla Norris

The Arizona Republic- http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/

contact : sadiejo.smokey@arizonarepublic.com

Terry, I didn't spend a lot of time looking, but gardening may be included in the enertainment section. Our largest paper here is www.enquirer.com There is also the Cincinnati Post.

Terry - I am trying to get the info for you for the Spokesman Review - I am waiting for an email back from them. If I don't hear from them soon, I'll call them on Monday.

That's great - thanks everybody (and really, please pleaes keep them coming!) Your input will help make this press release "blitz" much more successful!

On Fridays the Northwest Florida Daily News, in Ft Walton Beach, FL. ( www.nwfdailynews.com ) publishes a section called Living Space. Our local Co. Extension Horticulture Agent, Larry Williams, writes a col. He's at lwilliams@co.ookaloosa.fl.us. Also, Marie Harrison, columnist, marieharrison@valp.net.
Jen

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We have an influential and active Ag Extension office from Purdue University that serves our entire region. The email address of the head agent is rpodell@purdue.edu

The South Bend, IN Tribune main garden writer is:

Rita Henehan is an advanced master gardener from Purdue University. She lives and gardens in rural Michigan. E-mail her at rchenehan@voyager.net.

Hope these help:

The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, IA)
Monica Kinney
Lifestyles Editor/Community Calendar
(712) 325-5736
mkinney@nonpareilonline.com

Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE)
News@owh.com for General News or phone 444-1304
Home/Garden/Weather - Rhonda Stansberry - rhonda.stansberry@owh.com

Here is our local San Francisco radio garden show host
KSFO-AM (560)
"In the Garden" with Bob Tanem

bobtanem@aol.com

and another

Here is a guy on radio and TV around here. Well connected.

"Henry's Garden," hosted by KRON-TV Entertainment Editor, Henry Tennenbaum, gardening in the Bay Area.
henrysgarden@kron4.com

And here is a link to the garden section of the San Francisco Chronicle. Lots of email addresses.
http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/

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Ok - Here it is for the Spokesman Review, from Spokane, WA:

Mary Beth Donelan
email: marybethd@spokesman.com

If that doesn't work, please let me know and I will call them to re-verify it.

Marvelous - thank you all so much. (And for those of you who think "awww, she's probably already found mine by now..." please keep these coming. There are far more newspapers and garden writers than I can possibly find on my own. Chances are good I DON'T yet have contact info for your garden columnist!)

We don't subscribe to the paper, so could you email me a copy of whatever it is you are releasing? I'd love to read it.

If Dave agrees, I'll post the press release here sometime in the near future ;o) (I'm hoping we can also start a new DG-in-the-news thread for people to post "sightings" in the newspapers and magazines ;o)

That would be so kewl! :-) Good luck getting more email contacts!

If you can and do mail one to Karrie20x, I'd like to have one to forward to quite a few family memebrs and friends who are "dabbling" in gardening and who might then check out DG and possibly join.

Edited to say that you posted while was writing mine.

Thanks

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Well, if Terry posts it, we can always copy and paste it into an email to send to our friends and family.

Detroit, MI/ Detroit News/ http://www.detnews.com/2004/homestyle/0412/06/e05-22591.htm
Nancy Szerlag is a master gardener and Metro Detroit free-lance writer. Her column appears Saturdays in Homestyle. E-mail her at szerlag@earthlink.net. You can also read her previous columns at http://detnews.com/ homestyle/.
Grand Haven, MI/Grand Haven Tribune/ www.grandhaventribune.com
Horticulturist Norman Winter is the author of "Paradise Found: Growing Tropicals in Your Own Backyard," "Mississippi Gardener's Guide" and the highly acclaimed "Tough-as-Nails Flowers For the South." Readers may write to him at normanw@ext.msstate.edu.) (c) 2004, Knight Ridder/Tribune
****I’ve noticed several Indiana & Michigan Tribune papers have articles in their garden section written by Norman Winter but this was the first to print his info.
Creston News Advertiser/Creston, Iowa
503 West Adams Street
P.O. Box 126
Creston, IA 50801
Phone: 641-782-2141
Fax: 641-782-6628
John Van Nostrand-Managing Editor editor@crestonnews.com
The Daily Democrat/Fort Madison, Iowa
The Daily Democrat is published Monday thru Friday except holidays by The Democrat Company, P. O. Box 160, 1226 Avenue H, Fort Madison, Iowa, 52627. Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (319) 372-6421
(800) 798-8819
Fax : (319) 372-3867
Robin Delaney/Managing Editor editor@dailydem.com
The Messenger/Fort Dodge, IA
713 Central Ave. — P.O. Box 659
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Local: 515-573-2141
Toll-Free: 1-800-622-6613
Fax Number: 515-573-2148
Lifestyle editor: Sandy Mickelson lifestyle@messengernews.net
phone ext. #467
The Iowa City Press-Citizen/ Iowa City, Iowa/ http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041205/FEATURES05/412050301/1002
Judy Terry is a freelance garden writer. Her column appears weekly in the Press-Citizen. Questions or comments should be sent to her at: Iowa City Press-Citizen, P.O. Box 2480, Iowa City, Iowa 52244-2480; faxed to 834-1083; or e-mailed to life@press-citizen.com.
The Tyler Morning Paper/ Tyler, TX/ http://www.tylerpaper.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13482509&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=525904&rfi=6
"What's Blooming In Our Garden'' is a regular feature of the Tyler Morning Telegraph Garden Page. It is written by Mary Claire Rowe, a Master Gardener with the Texas Cooperative Extension, and focuses on flowers and plant life around East Texas. To share your comments on gardening, write her in care of the Morning Telegraph.
T.B. Butler Publishing Company, Inc.
(903)-597-8111
410 W. Erwin St, Tyler, Texas 75702
Waco Tribune/ Waco, TX/ www.wacotrib.com
Nicki Watson reweditor@wacotrib.com
Decatur, IN/Daily Democrate/ http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/about/
The Decatur Daily Democrat
P.O. Box 1001
141 S. Second St.
Decatur, IN 46733
(260) 724-2121
Toll-Free 1-866-798-8876
(260) 724-7981
Rick Kreps, Publisher/General Manager
dailydemo@decaturdailydemocrat.com





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The Norman Transcript, Norman, OK - editor@normantranscript.com (general editor)
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, Bartlesville, OK - salbert@examiner-enterprise.com (community editor)

Carla - great to "see" you online again!!!!

Our local paper does not have a regular gardening section but sometimes has articles on Sunday...sending all I have for this area (Florida Panhandle). Edited to say the hyperlinks take you to the contact page of each paper.

http://www.newsherald.com/contact.shtml

http://www.waltonsun.com/redesign2004/about/staff.asp

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/today/staff.shtml

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/contact_us/about/

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/helpdesk/contact/newsroom.shtml

and Jax, fl

http://www.jacksonville.com/resources/contact.shtml


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Des Plaines Journal, Des Plaines, Ill. http://www.journal-topics.com

Our paper has a Lawn and Garden section. You can find it at http://www.courierpress.com/ I hope this helps.


And: Here is our little local paper: http://www.tristate-media.com/warricknews/

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violabird, you'll be happy to know that Mr. Reeves has mentioned the Watchdog on his site: http://www.walterreeves.com/landscaping/article.phtml?cat=32&id=620 - I don't know how long ago this was posted, but it's nice to know his website is offering an endorsement ;o)

http://www.syracuse.com/hg/poststandard/garden/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1102672513319701.xml
the Syracuse Post Standard
Carol Bradford writes the articles

We have a very small weekly newspaper that runs a column in the weekend edition written by a local Master Gardener - Marta Kastner. Would love to see something in her column that would encourage more locals to join DG. Hope this helps - Email: editor@thenews-gazette.com

Here's the address for our little town in Versailles, MO.

http://www.vernonpublishing.com/LeaderStatesman/leaderstatesman.htm

Terry, I'm a bit late in getting in here...is there a cutoff for submissions? I can send quite a few from my travels and from family members who garden - would you rather get them offlist?

No cutoff, please send them ASAP. But you may want to check this thread first: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/473764/