[olug] Omaha Community Connection

[T. J. Brumfield]

They're pushing the Community Connection-type stories more now than
they used to.  I work for the paper, and I've talked to the Director
of Content Initiatives at length.  I know that he really wants to
reach out to the community, and make them feel like they contribute to
the paper.

-- T. J.

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> <quote who="T. J. Brumfield">
>
>> > Has anyone considered contacting the Omaha World-Herald and seeing if
>> > they'd do a piece on the OLUG for their Community Connection section?
>> >
>> > I think it might be a nice way to raise awareness of F/OSS.
>> >
>> > -- T. J. Brumfield
>>
>
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:05 AM, OBrien, Timothy <IrishMASMS at olug.org>wrote:
>
>> Hey TJ - great suggestion, and it has been attempted before. They were on
>> the press release list for our meetings & installfests; but sadly never
>> heard or seen anything from them.
>>
>
> Maybe you could get ahold of the reporter who did the writeup on the BarCamp
> in todays (Mondays) paper.  Ride the coat-tails of that tech article with
> another?
>
> Dan
>
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