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Share your Tennessee stories with TDTD. Editorial planning tools, time-sensitive media leads and opportunities to support visits from journalists and content creators worldwide are just a few of the resources available.
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Find guidance for sharing images, submitting timely news, preparing for media opportunities and connecting with Tennessee Tourism online.
Choose engaging images of tourism sites and attractions
- Only submit hi-resolution images, which are 300 dpi and 6x9 or larger in size
- Label all images with name of attraction, city and state, date of image and photo credit Example: City_County_Attraction_October2018_PhotoCredit (if applicable)
- Submit no more than 10 images to Jill Kilgore at jill.kilgore@tn.gov
Our department is fortunate to have permission from statewide partners to use their images to showcase their attractions. Please submit this form with your photos to help us maintain records of those submissions and usage rights.
Please submit* all new attractions, locally-owned restaurants, hotels, festivals and events, outdoor recreation developments such as new hiking and biking trails, and special milestone events like an anniversary commemoration. As an example: The 100th Celebration of the MoonPie. The following information should be provided for all What’s New submissions:
- Name of Attraction
- Location
- Date of opening
- A brief paragraph describing the attraction or event
- Link to website and social handles
*Submitting form coming soon.
The TDTD PR team is dedicated to spreading the news about tourism in Tennessee to the international, national, regional, and local media and across all channels – traditional, broadcast and social. The more information and lead time we have, the more opportunities there are for coverage in traditional media (print, broadcast, television) and non-traditional (bloggers, social media channels).
Here are a few insights and guidelines you can use to ensure you maximize TDTD’s PR Services.
- Send Press Releases.
- Share what’s new and going on in your area.
- Send us your latest news features and articles.
- Play a part in helping us host a Media FAM in your area.
See how we can help you promote your event or announcement. The sooner you submit information to press@tnvacation.com.
- Publishing your release to our press site.
- Sharing your news on our industry socials.
- Potential inclusion in upcoming themed releases, quarterly what’s new releases and pitches to media.
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Stay in contact
Find guidance for sharing images, submitting timely news, preparing for media opportunities and connecting with Tennessee Tourism online.
Amanda Murphy
Director of Communications
Amanda.Murphy@tn.gov
615-741-9010
Jill Kilgore
Sr. Communications Manager
Jill.Kilgore@tn.gov
615-741-9069
Chelsea Trott
Communications Manager
Chelsea.Trott@tn.gov
629-395-8941
Shelby McAuley
Communications & Sales Specialist
Shelby.McAuley@tn.gov
615-879-8968
