Sample Press Release
{Print your press release on your sponsoring organization's letterhead
or include name, address, and phone number of organization at top of release}
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE [SPONSORING ORGANIZATION] HOSTS HUMANITIES MONTANA SPEAKERS BUREAU
PROGRAM “HAND-RAISED: HISTORIC BARNS OF MONTANA” WITH CHERE JIUSTO
[City-Date]
The [your sponsoring organization] will host Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program “HandRaised: Historic Barns of Montana” with Chere Jiusto on [date of program]. The program will be at
[location of program] at [time of program]. The presentation is free and open to the public. Partial funding
for the Speakers Bureau program is provided by a legislative grant from Montana’s Cultural Trust and
from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The historic barns of Montana are a threatened part of our heritage. To capture their history and
encourage their preservation, Chere Jiusto, Christine Brown and photographer Tom Ferris collaborated
on the award-winning book Hand Raised: Historic Barns of Montana, released by Montana Historical
Society Press in 2011. Montana Preservation Alliance (MPA) championed this decade-long project, which
traces the agricultural history of Big Sky Country and celebrates the craftsmanship that went into building
these icons of rural life. This conversation includes an overview of Montana’s barn-building history,
stunning photographs of barns from across the state, and the stories attached to some of Montana’s most
memorable, photogenic, and historic barns.
Chere Jiusto and Christine Brown have dedicated their careers to preserving Montana’s historic places.
Juisto’s career in cultural resources and public history in Montana has spanned over two decades. She is
currently the executive director of the Montana Preservation Alliance. Brown has a diverse background as
a writer, editor, and architectural historian, and is currently the education director at MPA.
For more information, please call [the sponsoring organization] at [phone number].
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Contact person: [Project organizer and phone number]