Wedding: Make announcement
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Create and submit your announcement through our online system.
- Choose your style, input your information, upload your photo, receive an instant quote and pay for your announcement.
- You can save the announcement and return at any time.
Before you begin
- This website is compatible with Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher, Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox.
- Disable pop-up blockers
- Use the Help links to guide you through the system
Step 1: Choose a style. On this page are the various styles we offer. Choose a style based on the size and shape of your photograph and how much you would like to say. The cost is $40 per inch in the News & Observer and $12 per inch in each of the nine community papers. Photos start at 3 inches and you can get approximately 8 lines of text per inch, 5-8 words per line.
Step 2: The Photo. Digital or scanned photos should be in jpg format. All announcements run in black and white in the newspaper. Refer to the Photo Guidelines page for additional information.
Photos by professional studios are copyrighted and you are required by law to give the photographer or photo studio credit in published announcements. Please include photo bylines.
Step 3: What do you want to say? You may write the announcement in your own words or you can use the examples provided in our help section. For best results, create your announcement text in your own word program and then copy and paste into the text box. Delete any line spaces and paragraph indentions. The system automatically indents paragraphs an d extra line spaces will be charged at the per line rate.
Step 4: Send us your information. The announcement form will open as a new window. Keep this browser window open to refer to as you create your new announcement.
If you do not want to use our online services, you can download printable forms to mail in or fax to us at your convenience. A $25 cancellation fee will be charged for announcements set by the N&O staff. Announcements cannot be canceled after the final deadline.
Writing an announcement
You need to know
Policies:
- It is the policy of The News & Observer to spell out most words including titles, states, and schools.
- It is not necessary to use North Carolina with the cities included within the state. Cities outside of North Carolina will include the appropriate state.
- Heading information is included on all announcements. This includes photographer, studio name, person or persons appearing in the photo and the couple’s names.
- Photos by professional studios are copyrighted and you are required by law to give the photographer or photo studio credit in published announcements. Please include photo bylines
- Prices are subject to change without notice.
- A $25 cancellation fee will be charged for announcements set by the N&O staff. Announcements cannot be canceled after the final deadline.
- The News & Observer reserves the right to revise, edit or reject any or all copy and photographs.
Contact us:
Special Occasions Department:
Gwen White, Representative
919-836-2800
Office hours:
Monday - Friday
8:30am - 5:00pm
Email:
specialo@newsobserver.com
Print deadlines
Deadline is 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 10 days prior to Sunday publication
- Annoucements received after 3:00 p.m. will publish the following Sunday
- Holiday deadlines are at least 2 business days prior to normal deadlines.
- To proof your announcement, you may come by our office of we will fax, or email a proof to you . If you choose not to proof your announcment it will be considered approved, will run, and be charged the appropriate rate.
- There will be a $25.00 administrative fee for cancelation of an announcment.
