Submission Guidelines
MTR Writers Guidelines/Format
Do not use all caps or excessive punctuation in Titles:
Example:
Incorrect:
RAY MCGOVERN AND CYNTHIA MCKNNEY!!!!
Correct:
Ray McGovern and Cynthia McKinney, the Power of Conversation
Don’t forget your byline – although a log in stamp posts with your submission, MTR would like each writer to have their ‘byline’ as the first line of text in the body of the submission.
Example of how your submission should look on the front page:
Ray McGovern and Cynthia McKinney, the Power of Conversation
Submitted by Cheri Roberts-Piper on February 4, 2008 - 14:33.
By, Cheri Roberts-Piper MTR News
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Where you see “MTR News” in the byline above is where you can link your own personal site
Hyperlink text
Example:
Incorrect:
This is the coolest news site http://www.mtrnews.com/
Correct:
This is the coolest news site
Or This is the coolest news site
When inserting photographs, please resize to no larger than 209x158 pixels to fit appropriately with our format.
When adding original video please make every effort to embed your video into your article
Original material only on the front page
Fact check and source your information before publishing
