DebConf7/Press

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 06 15:05 < moray> Evening News, Metro etc. should be easier as they do lots of
  articles that are regurgitated press releases

 06 14:49 < kevc_> there-s not much, annonce message is on the wiki, i've
  spammed the scottish lugs, lugmaster, the osc, uknot and a couple of news
  sites
 06 14:50 < kevc_> also scotlandIS

 06 14:51 < madduck> i'll deal with the print newspapers first, then see where
  to from there.
 06 14:54 < kevc_> i found it hard to get through to contacts with those
 06 14:55 < kevc_> no one ever got back when i sent info

Phoning is probably best, then emailing individual journalists, then using general email addresses. It might be sensible to search for Linux/free software-friendly articles, and try contacting those journalists.

• Scotsman/Evening News/Scotland on Sunday/(free, delivered to houses) Herald and Post Edinburgh: Edinburgh-based papers http://members.scotsman.com/contact.cfm
• The Herald: Glasgow-based paper http://www.theherald.co.uk/contact/
• Metro: free paper distributed on streets/buses in cities, have Scottish editions: http://www.metro.co.uk/contact
• Guardian technology section: London-based, left-of-centre http://technology.guardian.co.uk/ tech@guardian.co.uk
• Times technology section: London based http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/
• Telegraph technology blogs: London-based, right-of-centre http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/
• Sunday Post: probably not read much by our target audience, like printing happy local stories http://www.dcthomson.co.uk/mags/post/contacts.htm
• Scotland Today tv news: http://www.stv.tv/content/contact/index.html
• BBC news http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Some contacts

Guardian Owen Gibson

020 7278 2332 to Guardian, Possibly owen.gibson@guardian.co.uk (Not sure) - Timesonline Jonathan Richards & Rhys Blakely online.editor@timesonline.co.uk No phone number available apparently. Possibly 020-7782 5000 - Telegraph Shane Richmond shane.richmond@telegraph.co.uk

Links

http://www.edinburghguide.com/media/print.htm

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Libraries/Collections/Newspapers/glasgownewspapers.htm

http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/uk/164/4312

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