Gardner Magazine Releases Candidate Submission Policy
With Municipal Elections happening this year in Gardner, we wanted to make our policy very clear: We will publish the Press Releases of any campaign in their entirety unless rejected for violations of our decency guidelines which are very simple: If the submission advocates violence, appeals to the prurient interest, uses foul language, or attacks the character of another candidate, we will not publish it at all, period, in our sole discretion. Our position is that candidates should be able to argue the issues respectfully and civilly without casting dispersions on the motivations of another person. The public is tired of the nonsense they often see on TV and we will aspire to a higher standard here.
Who is a candidate? Once you have taken out nomination papers, returned them, and had signatures verified to get on the ballot, you are a candidate by our definition.
Submissions: We will accept most types of documents and suggest pdfs for Press Releases. Photos should be high quality.
Interviews: We are happy to interview any verified candidate. Call and leave a voicemail at (978) 632-6324 or email News@GardnerMagazine.com. Same rules of decency apply to interviews.
Elections Page: Once the Press Releases start coming in, we will create an Elections Page so our readers can find them all in one place with links to campaign websites and/or Facebook pages as applicable.