The Northside News welcomes articles and photos for each issue from the community. The newspaper reaches 13,000 households and 20,000 people each issue.

What articles do you accept?
The Northside News accepts articles directly relevant and of interest to the Northside and Northside residents. The subject of the articles must be about a Northside issue, Northside resident, Northside business, etc. We accept news stories, features, profiles and announcements. We also accept press releases if they are relevant to the Northside.

NOTE: Prior to writing your article, please contact Dana Slowiak, Editor, at 661-0060, ext. 1 or email to discuss the relevance of your article and to reserve space for your article. We suggest you contact Dana as soon as you consider writing the article as each issue of the Northside News fills quickly.

We run articles as space permits. We cannot run every article we receive, but we do our best to include all timely, relevant articles.

The Northside News reserves the right to edit articles for length and clarity.

All submissions are volunteer based; no pay is available. We do include bylines when appropriate.

We encourage all articles to include a corresponding photo. We cannot guarantee the photo will run with the story since photos run as space permits. Please read more about photo guidelines below.

What photos do you accept?
The Northside News accepts photos directly relevant to articles and/or to the Northside community. We do accept photos that do not include a story. Most photos run in grayscale; some run in full color on designated pages. The Northside News reserves the right to run photos in either grayscale or full color. You may ask to have a photo run either way, and we do our best to honor these requests but do not make any guarantees.

All photos run as space permits. We cannot run all the photos we receive.

All submissions are volunteer based; no pay is available. We do credit the photographer or the person who provided the photo.

What are the deadlines?
Upcoming deadlines are as follows:

Apr/May 08 -- Article/photo deadline: Mar 20; delivery begins: Apr. 8
Jun/Jul 08 -- Article/photo deadline: May 23; delivery begins: June 10
Aug/Sep 08 -- Article/photo deadline: Jul 18; delivery begins: Aug. 5

How do I submit an article or photo?
Submit your article or photo to Dana via email. If you cannot do this, please contact Dana at 661-0060, ext. 1.

What is the correct format for articles?
Articles should be a Microsoft Word document, emailed via attachment. If you cannot do this, please contact Dana at 661-0060, ext. 1or email.

What is the correct format for photos?
Photos should be jpeg or jpg documents, 170 dpi. You may send CMYK or grayscale versions. If you cannot do this, please contact Dana at 661-0060, ext. 1or email.

I need help with my article!
The Northside News does have volunteer writers. The sooner you inform the Northside News you would like an article, the more likely we can find a writer. We cannot guarantee we can find a writer. Volunteer writers tend to pick up stories at our staff meetings, roughly two months prior to an issue's release and are chosen solely at each writer's discretion and interest.

If you want to write the article yourself but want tips, please contact Dana at 661-0060, ext. 1 or email and she will help you.