Prepare a news release using the following guidelines:

  1. Use high-quality paper.
  2. Type NEWS RELEASE in bold caps at the top in a font size larger than the text.
  3. Include Tau Beta Pi Association, The Engineering Honor Society, the name of your chapter and address.
  4. Your release should always have a header that includes “For Immediate Release” or release on a specific date, as well as a contact name (president or publicity chair),phone number, and e-mail address if appropriate.
  5. If your story is exclusively for one paper, state that fact near your release date information, i.e. “Exclusive for the Daily Collegian.” If you are submitting the same story to competing publications, prepare a special version for each, and send an original to each
  6. Include a concise headline in bold; not all in caps and no longer than two lines (78 characters). Avoid using first names in the headline
  7. Use double-spacing in the body and wide margins.
  8. Keep it brief and begin with a two-sentence summary which clearly states the news and explains why it is important.
  9. Give a brief description of Tau Beta Pi.
Your university or school of engineering’s public relations office may be able to assist you in preparing news releases to your members’ and electees’ hometown newspapers and national fraternity and sorority magazines.
Click here for sample release in MS Word format.
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