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 “A VISIT WITH AN 1879 AMERICAN FUR COMPANY TRADER” WITH GREG SMITH
[City-Date]
The [sponsoring organization] will host the Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program “A Visit With
An 1879 American Fur Company Trader” with Greg Smith on [date of program]. The program will be at
[location and 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 the Montana’s Cultural Trust and the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Smith brings to life the adventures and stories of James W. Schultz through the fictitious character of Jim
Deakins in this living history program. The year is 1879 and through Jim Deakins audiences take part in
the hunting the last of the great bison herds, share in the adventures of the Blackfeet and their enemy the
Crow, and hear stories of that “foolishness” called Yellowstone National Park. Finally, Jim Deakins shares
a powerful gift given by the Blackfoot medicine warrior Red Eagle.
Greg Smith lives in Bozeman, Montana, and was for almost 20 years a Ranger Naturalist and
Backcountry Ranger in Glacier National Park. A longtime believer in the power of education, he now
works with kids and adults throughout the region in the capacity of storyteller and naturalist/historian. In
his spare time, Greg enjoys trail running, backpacking, Nordic skiing, and is especially fond of traveling
the world on his bike.
For more information, please call [sponsoring organization] at [phone number]
Contact person: [project organizer and phone number]