{"id":291,"date":"2008-05-15T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T12:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=291"},"modified":"2008-05-15T18:51:18","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T17:51:18","slug":"the-local-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"The Local Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, I sent a press release to my local newspaper<\/a> asking for people to come forward who had been members of my Scout Group so I could get their memories and possibly copy and old photos they may have.<\/p>\n

The first journalist ignored it, so I sent it to two others. The first one rang me to interview me and put a small piece in the paper. She didn't use anything I'd said however, just used the press release!<\/p>\n

Then last week the other one rang me asking me for an interview. He asked me one question and left it at that. There was a small bit in last night's paper, but it had been mangled!<\/p>\n

He called the Scouts a society and even got my phone number wrong! I do wonder about these journalists sometimes!<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I sent a press release to my local newspaper asking for people to come forward who had been members of my Scout Group so I could get their memories and possibly copy and old photos they may have. The first journalist ignored it, so I sent it to two others. The … <\/p>\n

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