You Report
BrotherhoodNews.com lives off your tips, reports, and news analyses. Since we have no paid staff, our volunteers depend on your eyes and ears to report on stories and events in the brotherhood.
Use the tips below as guidelines for sending your tips, stories or articles.
- “W” is the letter. Who. What. When. Where. Why. Oh, and How. Double-check facts, document quotes, get names right. We want lots of names, places, dates and facts. We can always cut; we can’t invent.
- BNc isn’t out to knock people down. Above all, be charitable, kind, think the best, and give the benefit of the doubt, when questions and doubts arise. We are a brotherhood, another word for family. But don’t let that keep you from asking questions. Our purpose is to inform and encourage.
- Stories should be written in the third person, unless recounting a first-person account.
How to report an obituary
- Provide the deceased’s full name, date and place of birth, date and place of death, surviving family members, last ministry, areas of ministry, funeral details. We’re on the Internet, so we don’t have space limitations. We do have to deal with short attention spans, so include the most pertinent facts first, then other information in order of descending “importance” (time, details).
- Include, if possible, quotes from close friends.
- For a short newspaper-type obituary, see Johnny Ramsey’s from the Dallas Morning News.
- Study how obituaries are reported in BNc and read online advice.
Where to send your report
To send a press release or news report, use this email address: brotherhoodnews@gmail.com.
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