To place a Classified ad, click
here. The Johnson City Press reserves the right to reject
or edit any copy submitted. Classified line ads require three
lines minimum.
The Johnson City Press does not
accept advertising for massage parlors, escort or dating
services, abortion clinics, fortune tellers, lotteries and
bingo. In
addition, ads requesting advanced payment or deposits are
not accepted. Singles clubs ads must be submitted for prior
approval.
Please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears.
The Johnson City Press will only be responsible for the first
day's insertion.
For information about Classified ads, please contact Inside
Sales Manager Stephanie White at 423.722.0525 or via e-mail
at swhite@johnsoncitypress.com.
People in business and business briefs are published as space
permits. Information can be accepted only in writing, and every
news release must include a contact number. The deadline each
week is noon Thursday.
People in business is for annual awards, promotions, job changes,
special designations, appointments or election to professional
organizations and retirements after 25 years or more with the
same company. Clearly labeled photos of individuals are accepted
and may be picked up within 30 days of publication during regular
business. After 30 days, photos will be discarded. The Press
cannot be held responsible for lost or damaged photographs.
Please do not submit a photo that cannot be replaced.
Business briefs are for new businesses opened within the last
90 days, new products or additions to a product line, office
or company location changes, acquisitions, mergers or news of
special interest. Photos cannot be used with business briefs.
To submit an announcement for consideration, bring the item
to the newspaper offices, 204 W. Main St., Johnson City, Tenn., or mail it to the Johnson City
Press, Attention: Business Desk, P.O. Box 1717, Johnson City,
Tenn. 37605-1717.
News releases can be sent also by fax, to 423.929.7484, or
by e-mail to Jeff Keeling, Press Business Writer, at jkeeling@johnsoncitypress.com.
The Johnson City Press is pleased to accept articles of local
interest to highlight achievements of young people and educators.
Student News and People in Education appear Mondays
as enough entries become available to achieve a column. News
releases are used on a space-available basis and are subject
to staff review and editing.
No information is accepted by telephone. Typed entries are preferred,
and all information must be legible.
Honor societies, organization memberships, merit
badges or selections to Who’s Who and
U.S. Achievement Academy are not accepted. Pageant entries
are limited to winners only. Conference attendance entries
are not
published in Student News and People in Education.
The newspaper accepts clearly labeled, yearbook-style photographs.
Group photographs, presentation pictures and those of people
holding awards, trophies, certificates or checks are not accepted.
All photographs become property of the Press and may be retrieved
from the newspaper's main office up to 30 days after publication,
after which they are culled. The newspaper is not responsible
for lost or damaged photos. Please do not send photos that cannot
be replaced.
The Press also accepts meeting notices, program invitations,
PTA announcements, registration deadlines and other education-related
items of local interest. The deadline for inclusion in each
Monday’s Noteworthy column is Thursday at 4 p.m. Each qualifying
item will be published once.
All correspondence should be mailed to Education Page, Johnson
City Press, P.O. Box 1717, Johnson City, TN, 37605-1717, or
faxed to 423.929.7484. News releases also may be e-mailed to
newsroom@johnsoncitypress.com.
For more information, contact Sam Watson by telephone at 423.929.3111
or via e-mail at swatson@johnsoncitypress.com.
Entertainment briefs appear one time only in the Johnson City
Press as space permits. To have an entertainment brief included
in a daily edition of the Johnson City Press, send the time,
day and date of the event, along with any admission prices and
a contact telephone number to: Johnson City Press, Attention:
Entertainment Writer, 204 W. Main St., Johnson City, TN 37605-1717.
If you have a listing for Things to Do, send information to
Things to Do, Entertainment Writer, Johnson City Press, P.O.
Box 1717, Johnson City, TN 37605-1717. Listings must be submitted
to the Press office by 5 p.m. Wednesday for publication each
Friday. If possible, please include a telephone number. Due
to the large number of events, we cannot accept phone calls.
The Johnson City Press frequently includes photographs of bands,
dance groups, concert performers, theatrical ensembles, artwork,
etc., along with information about their upcoming performances
or exhibits. These may also be submitted to Johnson City Press,
Attention: Entertainment Writer, 204 W. Main St., Johnson City,
TN 37605-1717.
To e-mail information on arts and entertainment events to the
Johnson City Press, send messages to Jan Hearne, Press
Tempo Editor, at jhearne@johnsoncitypress.com.
The Johnson City Press welcomes and publishes letters to the
editor, provided writers sign their names and addresses and
limit letters to 250 words. One letter per writer will be used
in the newspaper in a four-week period. The Johnson City
Press reserves the right to edit all letters.
Letters may be submitted to Robert Houk, Opinion Page Editor,
by e-mail at mailbag@johnsoncitypress.com,
provided the sender includes their name, address and telephone
number. Please do not send letters via e-mail that are typed
in all capital letters.
All letters to the editor are used on a first-come, first-served
basis, and the Johnson City Press cannot guarantee what day
letters will appear in the newspaper.
The deadline for Tempo briefs is one week before the date of
the event. Briefs must be submitted in writing and must include
the name of the event, the location, time, date and a number
to contact for more information. Briefs are published as space
permits; incomplete briefs will not be published. Briefs run
on a one-time-only basis.
Tempo
briefs may
be submitted by FAX at 423.929.7484, by e-mail to tempo@johnsoncitypress.com,
or by mail to Tempo Deptartment, Johnson City Press, P.O. Box
1717, Johnson City TN 3705. For more information, call the
Tempo
Department at 423.929.3111, Ext. 344 or 345.
Standing and one-time Calendar of Events entries also must be
submitted in writing. Calendar of Events runs in the Sunday’s
Tempo section only.
Classes, another Sunday listing, is a look at classes meeting
in the area. It does not include classes that are arts-and-entertainment
related — those can be found in the Entertainment section
on Friday under Things To Do.
For more information about placing an item in the Tempo
section, call the Tempo department at 423.929.3111. Items
may be mailed to Tempo
Department, Johnson City Press, P.O. Box 1717, Johnson City,
TN 37605-1717; faxed to 423.929.7484; e-mailed to tempo@johnsoncitypress.com;
or dropped off at the Press office, 204 W. Main St., Johnson
City, Tenn.
Submissions must include a telephone number and contact person
to verify information.
Wedding, engagement and anniversary forms are available at the
Press office or by download at Johnson City Press.com. Click
the following links to download your form of choice: Wedding
Form, Engagement
Form or Anniversary
Form.
Obituaries are a paid service of the Johnson City Press. To
submit an obituary for publication, please contact the arranging
funeral home. For more information, call the Johnson City
Press Classified Advertising department at 423.722.0509.
Religion news is published in the Saturday edition of the Johnson
City Press. While efforts will be made to accommodate requests
to publish briefs on specific dates, space considerations prevent
being able to make guarantees of such requests.
Church news items run on a one-time-only basis. Items for the
religion news section may be mailed to Church News, Johnson
City Press, P.O. Box 1717, Johnson City, TN. 37605. These items
should be typed or written legibly. They may also be faxed to
423.929.7484, attn: Church News. Religion items may be e-mailed
to newsroom@johnsoncitypress.com
or to rpierce@johnsoncitypress.com.
Photos will also be considered for publication depending on
the availablility of space and reproduction quality of the photo.
Photos are accepted by regular mail or e-mail (in .jpg format.)
Please do not fax photos.
All items should include the full name and address of the church
or organization involved in the event. Items concerning charity
events, such as a singing for a sick person or to help a needy
family will be accepted in church news. However, items concerning
church fund-raising events, such as breakfasts, suppers, yard
sales, car washes, etc., should being directed to the Tempo
Department. Questions concerning the Church Directory should
be directed to the Classified
Advertising Department.
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