[This is a republication with slight modifications of what we posted previously. We welcome candidate press releases that adhere to the guidelines below.]

UPDATE: There is another caveat we’ll add to the guidelines below. Please don’t flood us with press releases. Between now and November 4, the limit will be a total of four press releases per candidate. Also, photos should be simple headshot photos, not campaign ads. If you want to advertise with us, we have rates that apply to all candidates.

The Cobb County Courier welcomes announcements from candidates for office in the county. This includes candidates at all levels who are running for office to represent all or part of Cobb County (city, county, state, and federal).

We’ll run them verbatim (making minor grammatical corrections if necessary), with an intro something like this: “This announcement was submitted by (name), candidate for (office).

There are only two conditions (and a few preferences on our part).

The first condition is to focus on your own goals and accomplishments, rather than the shortcomings you see in your opponent. In other words, we won’t run attack ads posing as candidacy announcements.

The second is that no bigotry of any sort be contained in the press release, either explicitly or in dog-whistle form.

We prefer that the announcements be a minimum of 300 words (as Google prefers for ranking search results). But the announcement can be as long as you like.

Please send a photo along with the submission. Our preference is that the photo not contain campaign advertising with it (in other words, just a photo with no text).

We’d also love for you to advertise your campaign with us, but that is not a condition for running your press release. We’ll run the release whether you advertise with us or not.

Submit announcements and attached photos to larry.johnson@cobbcountycourier.com