SOURCEBOOK
ADDRESS 111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506 ONLINE: theolympian.com
CIRCULATION To start a newspaper subscription, make a payment or stop delivery during a vacation, check out the Web site at theolympian.com or call the circulation department. PHONE: 1-800-905-0296 HOURS: Call between 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturdays and holidays; between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays.
OBITUARIES PHONE: 360-570-7791 HOURS: Via phone on weekdays, 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
News releases: Submit other community news — public meetings, entertainment events or festivals, school functions, graduation or military news — in writing. Include the name and telephone number of a contact person for daytime and evening callbacks. PHONE/FAX/EMAIL: For general information or newsroom inquiries, call 360754-5420. The newsroom fax number is 360-357-0202. The e-mail address is news@theolympian.com. CITY DESK: To report a news tip, or to inquire about the possibility of a reporter covering a news event, call the city desk at 360-754-5423 or send an email to news@theolympian.com.
OFFICE HOURS
OPINION PAGE: 360-754-5464; news@theolympian.com
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SPORTS DESK: 360-754-5473; sports@theolympian.com
ADVERTISING
BUSINESS DESK: 360-754-5403; news@theolympian.com
To place a retail advertisement in The Olympian or to check on billing information, just pick up the telephone.
RETAIL ADVERTISING: PHONE: 360-754-5462 To place a classified advertisement, talk to a sales representative.
CLASSIFIED: PHONE: 360-754-5454
NEWSROOM If you have a news tip, a meeting notice, a story idea, an upcoming sporting event or a new business to announce, we want to hear from you. Forms available: For many routine items, such as meeting announcements, easyto-use forms are available to the public. Check out the “announcement” section at theolympian.com.
FEATURES: 360-357-0721; features@theolympian.com WEEKEND: (entertainment news): 253-274-7380 ONLINE:360-754-5422; online@theolympian.com STATEHOUSE BUREAU: 360-753-1688. Hours of operation: Public hours for the newsroom are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., but someone usually is in the newsroom to answer telephone calls nearly around the clock. Call 360-754-5420.
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2001, people around the country clicked onto The Olympian’s website to check on the welfare of friends and relatives living in South Sound. Reports of major news such a record snowfall or events at Occupy Olympia draw readers to The Olympian’s website. Readers trust that they will find updates in the next morning’s newspaper. Online photo galleries with additional photographs of community events, breaking news, athletic competitions and community celebrations are a popular feature as are daily blogs by Olympian journalists. Readers can submit a letter to the editor at theolympian.com/forms/ submitletter.com/opinion. Residents who want to submit a news release or club notice go to theolympian.com/forms. Multimedia extras can be found on The Olympian’s website. The online Olympian also has this Sourcebook along with an entertainment guide at theolympian.com/entertainment. Submit an item for the entertainment calendar at calendar.theolympian.com. The environment, education, government and the Northwest all have their own pages, with interactive elements online at theolympian.com/environment; the theolympian.com/education, theolympian.com/government andtheolympian.com/outdoors. The Olympian encourages reader participation, whether it is a letter to the editor, a suggestion for a story or a news tip. File your own photographs by going to The Olympian’s home page atwww.theolympian.com and clicking on reader submitted photos. The newspaper also stages community forums and sponsors a range of community activities as a means of staying in close contact with readers and providing them with information they need in their daily lives.