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Judith Addison · 06-07-2013, 00:02

I wasn't pleased with the placing of my mayoral column this week. It's submitted by the Council's Press Officer although I write it myself - it's a monthly article. It was squeezed in down at the bottom of the "Letters" page instead of being printed as a proper column. I feel that the coverage I get as Mayor is poor. Apparently the "Lancashire Telegraph" give me much better publicity. I don't buy it as a rule as I get the "Daily Mail" every day. A friend has been keeping the cuttings of articles about the Mayor and is going to let me have them. I think it's only reasonable that the Mayor gets good coverage in the local press. I carry out a lot of engagements and would like some publicity. I have my own Facebook page, "Mayor of Hyndburn", which is very well-regarded! When I launched the Market Hall Facebook page on Thursday a young person remarked that I was "well cool" and a "trendy Mayor" because I used Facebook! At age 64 I feel that this must be the ultimate accolade!

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Judith Addison Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oswaldtwistle Posts: 175 Liked: 58 times Rep Power: 1064	Re: Observer coverage I wasn't pleased with the placing of my mayoral column this week. It's submitted by the Council's Press Officer although I write it myself - it's a monthly article. It was squeezed in down at the bottom of the "Letters" page instead of being printed as a proper column. I feel that the coverage I get as Mayor is poor. Apparently the "Lancashire Telegraph" give me much better publicity. I don't buy it as a rule as I get the "Daily Mail" every day. A friend has been keeping the cuttings of articles about the Mayor and is going to let me have them. I think it's only reasonable that the Mayor gets good coverage in the local press. I carry out a lot of engagements and would like some publicity. I have my own Facebook page, "Mayor of Hyndburn", which is very well-regarded! When I launched the Market Hall Facebook page on Thursday a young person remarked that I was "well cool" and a "trendy Mayor" because I used Facebook! At age 64 I feel that this must be the ultimate accolade!