News Advisory: General Conference news available in several ways
Apr. 16, 2008
United Methodist Communications will provide multimedia coverage of General Conference when the denomination's top legislative assembly meets April 23-May 2 in Fort Worth, Texas.
United Methodist News Service, a unit of the communications agency, will post stories, UMTV video reports, radio-ready audio reports and photographs throughout the assembly. The news team will offer content in English, Spanish and Korean, as well as provide material specifically for Native American and African-American audiences.
The ongoing coverage will be available both online and by e-mail.
Subscribers to UMNS' daily e-mail service will automatically receive all of the English-language news stories that the news team produces, as each story is filed. This service will allow subscribers to get the news almost as it happens during the course of the day. People who aren't currently subscribers but would like to receive this free service can sign up at www.gc2008.umc.org/DailyNews.
A daily General Conference News Digest will be offered to people who want to receive the news in one daily e-mail package at the close of the day. Subscribers to the daily e-mail can switch to the News Digest if they choose. To subscribe to the digest, go to www.gc2008.umc.org/DailyDigest.
All of the news team's content will be accessible at www.gc2008.umc.org/news beginning April 22. UMNS will not post news stories April 17-21 as it moves its operation to Fort Worth.
The news site will be part of the official General Conference Web site at www.gc2008.umc.org. That site, managed by United Methodist Communications, offers a range of resources, including an agenda and logo, as well as stories and other features. Visitors to the site also will be able to experience General Conference through audio and video streaming.
News media contact: Tim Tanton, Nashville, Tenn., (615) 742-5470 or newsdesk@umcom.org.
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United Methodist News Service Photos and stories also available at: http://umns.umc.org
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