A Herald-Journal/GoUpstate.com how-to guide

<p class="bold allcaps">Got a news tip?</p> <p>Send your news tip or information to news@shj.com or send by mail to City Editor, Herald-Journal, P.O. Box 1657, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304. If you are unsure where to send your information, you can always contact our Community News Coordinator, Ashley Dill, at (864) 562-7211 or ashley.dill@shj.com.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><h3>Weddings, engagements, anniversaries, 5-generations</h3> <p>We want to print the stories and photos that announce your engagements, tell of your weddings and wedding anniversaries, and illustrate your five-generation families. It's important to us, to you and to our readers. It's something everybody loves to read. We're willing to adjust if circumstances require it, but generally we'd like to live by these rules:</p><p>  We run these stories and photos in our Lifestyles Section on Sundays. We need you to get us the pictures and information by noon on Wednesday, 10 days prior to the desired Sunday publication. We try to print weddings scheduled for Sunday in the following Sunday's edition.</p><p> We'd like the photos to be good quality black and white prints, if possible, no larger than 5x7. We'll try to work with whatever you give us, though. Color photographs are also admissible.</p><p> Once you bring the photographs to the Herald-Journal, they become the property of the newspaper. We're sorry, but we cannot return them, nor can we hold them to be picked up.</p><p>  Wedding and engagement forms are available from the Herald-Journal. We can mail the form to you if you can't get by our office. We're sorry, but we can't take the information by phone. You can go to GoUpstate.com and click on the "Living" section to download electronic copies of all the forms.</p><p> We want to run wedding announcements within a month of the wedding, while it's still news. If for some reason you can't get us the information in less than a month, please try to give us a call and let us know what the problem is.</p><p> We run photos and stories, as space is available, for anniversaries beginning with the 25th and at five-year intervals thereafter (30th, 35th, etc.). We don't have any forms to fill out for this. Just drop us a note. Please sign your name and give a phone number so we can confirm the information. </p><p> We also run photos of five-generation families, that is, for direct descendants from one family line. We need you to tell us the names and relationships of the people in the photo, their addresses and phone numbers. Please feel free to call us at (864) 582-4511, extension 7260, if you have any questions.</p><p>You can send us your weddig, engagement or anniversary notice to celebrations@shj.com.</p><h3>Business news</h3> <p>The Herald-Journal publishes a column about promotions, new hires and people in the business community on Sundays. Information and photos are published at no charge on a space-available basis. The deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday. Photographs cannot be returned. Send items in writing to: Business News, Herald-Journal, P.O. Box 1657, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304 or fax items to (864) 594-6350 or email them to news@shj.com.</p><h3>Religion news</h3> <p>Religion highlights items are published as a public service to keep the community informed of upcoming special events in area churches. All services listed in highlights are open to the public. Because of the volume of events in the area, services can be published only once and on the Saturday nearest the event. No photographs are used. Items must be submitted in writing before noon Wednesday for the Saturday paper. Please include a daytime telephone number in your notice, spell out all abbreviations and give first and last names for all people. When mailing notices, send them several days in advance to Herald-Journal, Religion News, P.O. Box 1657, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304. You may bring them to our downtown office at 189 W. Main St. or fax them to 594-6350, marked "religion highlights.'</p><h3>Escape calendar</h3> <p>The Escape calendar publishes at no charge information about activities such as concerts, festivals and theater performances open to the public. Information and photos are published on a space-available basis. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday the week before publication. Items must be received in writing. Include the date, time, location, brief description of the event, cost of admission and a phone number and hours readers can call for information. Also include your name and a phone number where we can reach you during the day. Send items to Escape Calendar, P.O. Box 1657, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304; or fax items to (864) 594-6350. Photos cannot be returned.</p><h3>Sports news</h3> <p>The Herald-Journal covers Upstate athletics from high school teams to professional competition. If you have an interesting sports story, contact sports@shj.com. Also, information can be sent by fax at (864) 594-6234 or mail at P.O. Box 1657, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304.</p><h3>Town Square</h3> <p>Whether news from your children's schools, or announcements of special awards at social clubs, or military news, or important notices about upcoming reunions, you can share it with the community and see your news published on our new TownSquare page each day in the Herald-Journal's Upstate section. Town Square items can be emailed to TownSquare@shj.com, or sent to Community News Coordinator Ashley Dill at the Herald-Journal, P.O. Box 1657, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304. Photos may be sent as well.</p><h3>Community calendar</h3> <p>Calendar items are published free of charge as a public service for non-profit agencies in the area. Items should be submitted to the newspaper in writing, two weeks before the event. We cannot accept notices by phone. Announcements should be mailed to: Herald-Journal, P.O. Box 1657, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304. Or fax to: (864) 594-6350.</p><h3>Submitting obituary notices</h3> <p>Funeral homes should call (864) 562-7327 Monday - Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., or email obits@shj.com. The deadline for publishing obituaries in the next day's edition of the Herald-Journal is 4:30 p.m. if emailed, or 3 p.m. if faxed or hand-delivered. The fax number that receives obituaries is (864) 594-6349.</p>