Local Authority Building Tip #1 – Who and Where Is Your Local Newspaper Media?

Morning!  Today starts a brief byte-sized collection of Local Authority Marketing Tips!

And here we go for Tip #1:

Local Authority Building Tip #1 – What Is Your Local Media?

If you’re having difficulty getting coverage in national media…..perhaps starting at a local level might help first.

There are several sites online that will point you over to the local newspapers and media that cover your area, including:

• www.onlinenewspapers.com/
• www.usnpl.com/

For example, visiting the NJ newspaper page reveals:

Allentown  Examiner (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Atlantic City  Jewish Times of Southern NJ (A) (C) (W)
Belle Mead  Montgomery News (A) (C) (F) (W)
Berkeley  Berkeley Times (A) (C) (W)
Bernardsville  Bernardsville News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Brick  Brick Times (A) (C) (W)
Bridgewater  Courier-News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Caldwell  Progress (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cape May  Cape May Star and Wave (A) (C) (F) (W)
Cedar Grove  Cedar Grove Observer (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Chatham  Chatham Courier (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cherry Hill  Courier-Post (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cherry Hill  Jewish Community Voice (A) (C) (F) (W)
Chester  Observer Tribune (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Clinton  Hunterdon Review (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Collingswood  Retrospect (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cranbury  Cranbury Press (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Denville  Citizen (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
East Brunswick  Home News & Tribune (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
East Brunswick  Sentinel (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Edison  Sentinel-Edison (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Egg Harbor Township  Shore News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Farmingdale  News Transcript (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Flanders  Flanders NJ News (A) (C) (F) (W)
Flemington  Hunterdon Co Democrat (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Florham Park  Florham Park Eagle (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Garfield  Nowy Dziennik (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Hackensack  The Record (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Hammonton  Hammonton Gazette (A) (C) (W)
Hanover Township  Hanover Eagle (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Hightstown  Messenger-Press (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Hillsborough  Hillsborough Beacon (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Hillsborough  Hopewell Valley News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Holmdel  Independent (A) (C) (W)
Hopewell  Hopewell Valley News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Howell  Howell Times (A) (C) (W)
Howell  Tri-Town News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Jackson  Jackson Times (A) (C) (W)
Jersey City  Courier Times (A) (C) (W)
Jersey City  Jersey Times (A) (C) (W)
Jersey City  New Jersey Online (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Lawrenceville  Lawrence Ledger (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Long Branch  Atlanticville (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Lyndhurst  Leader Newspapers (A) (C) (F) (W)
Madison  Madison Eagle (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Manahawkin  Southern Ocean (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Manasquan  Coast Star (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Manchester  Manchester Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Manville  Manville News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Millville  Cumberland County Reminder (A) (C) (W)
Monmouth Junction  S Brunswick Post (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Montclair  Montclair Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Morristown  Morris Newsbee (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Mount Olive  Mount Olive Chronicle (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Neptune  Asbury Park Press (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
New Brunswick  NJBIZ (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Newark  Star-Ledger (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Newton  New Jersey Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
North Brunswick  N Brunswick Sentinel (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Parsippany  Daily Record (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Pleasantville  Press of Atlantic City (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Princeton  Princeton Packet (A) (C) (F) (W)
Princeton  Town Topics (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Princeton  U.S. 1 (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Randolph  Randolph Reporter (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Red Bank  Hub (A) (C) (W)
Rio Grande  Cape May County Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Roxbury  Roxbury Register (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Sayreville  Suburban (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Stirling  Echoes Sentinel (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Toms River  Toms River Times (A) (C) (W)
Trenton  Capitolwire.com (A) (C) (T) (W)
Trenton  Register-News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Trenton  Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Trenton  Trentonian (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Union  Worrall Community Newspapers (A) (C) (F) (W)
Verona  Verona Observer (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Westfield  Westfield Leader (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Wildwood City  Wildwoods Reporter (A) (C) (W)
Willingboro  Burlington County Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Windsor  Windsor-Hights Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Woodbury  Gloucester County Times (A) (C) (F) (W)

These were all taken from this particular NJ listing.

Once you have these sites, you can visit the newspapers online, list the reporters, follow them on twitter and more.

Next, you can explore if these newspaper site had a local forum/community, like:

• www.nj.com/forums/

Many of the online newspaper sites allow for community members to register and participate as well.

Knowing *who* is covering your beat is the first step to getting your name out there.

Enjoy!

Grow strong,

Barbara Ling
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