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>Date: 05 Jun 96 13:33:53 EDT
>From: "Jim Cameron, JForum WizSysop" <76703.3010@CompuServe.COM>
>To: BlindCopyReceiver:;
>Subject: FREE COMPUSERVE ACCT FOR RADIO/TV
>
>Contact Information Below
>
>		COMPUSERVE OFFERS "FREE ACCOUNTS"  
>		FOR RADIO & TV STATIONS AND OPENS 
>		COMPUSERVE INTERACTIVE BROADCAST NETWORK
>
>
>(Cyberspace - June 5, 1996):   CompuServe, the world's oldest and most popular
>business and professional online service is now making its services available at 
>no cost  to Radio and TV newsrooms as part of its "CompuServe Interactive 
>Broadcast  Network" (CIBN).  In exchange for on-air mentions of the
>CompuServe service, stations can receive a free account to access all news and 
>business services on the service, including JFORUM - The Journalism  Forum. 
>
>"It's only fitting that CompuServe services are finding a great usage in 
>newsrooms  around the world," says Journalism Forum founder and systems 
>operator Jim Cameron.  "And to make these services available at no cost to 
>stations makes CompuServe an  easy choice for cyber-savvy news and program 
>directors."
>
>Cameron noted that among the ways that CompuServe can be used by stations 
>are in:
>
>* talk show preparation by scanning the newswires and discussion groups for 
>	ideas
>
>* research of newspaper clips, magazine articles, newswire archives
>
>* giving listeners/viewers an e-mail address where they can reach the station
>
>* keeping up with journalism trends in discussion areas of forums
>
>* reviewing census data by zip code to develop stories on housing, income, 
>	aging and other demographic patterns
>
>* viewing the latest news photo's online from Reuters
>
>* researching new or used broadcasting equipment in forums
>
>* even looking for a new job using JFORUM's "Jobs File"
>
>Stations interested in joining the CompuServe Interactive Broadcast Network and  
>signing up for a free account should contact Ms. Jane Torbica of CompuServe's 
>Public Relations department at 614-538-3347 or send e-mail to  
>CIBN@CIS.COMPUSERVE.COM
>
>Similar "free accounts" are being offered to print publications on a case-by-case 
>basis depending on circulation and target audience.
>
>Launched in 1985 by former NBC News director and network radio anchor Jim  
>Cameron, JFORUM now offers its members computer messaging areas and data  
>libraries dealing with all aspects of journalism, including Ethics,  Journalism 
>Law,  Jobs/Stringers,  Freelancers, Radio, TV and Print reporting.  JFORUM 
>currently has more than 42,000 members worldwide.
>
>JFORUM is also the online home for professional organizations such as IRE,  
>NASW,  ASJA and SND.  JFORUM also hosts "Shoptalk", the daily electronic  
>newsletter on  broadcast journalism published by consultant Don Fitzpatrick  and 
>"Freelance  Success," a newsletter for freelance writers published by  author 
>Judith Broadhurst.
>
>Founded in 1969, CompuServe Inc. provides the world's most comprehensive 
>online services, business network and Internet access. Through CompuServe, 
>more than 4.9 million home and business users in more than 185 countries access 
>the Internet and 3,000-plus online information, education and entertainment 
>services and products.  In addition, 982 corporate customers use CompuServe's 
>value-added network solutions.  Among its many uses, the CompuServe-owned 
>network serves as the world's mailbox and check-out lane, hosting millions of e-
>mail messages per month and more than 1 billion point-of-sale transactions per 
>year.  With world headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, CompuServe's 60 offices 
>include European centers in Munich, London and Paris.
>
>
>Contacts:		
>			Jim Cameron, JFORUM Founder/*Sysop
>			E-Mail:	  JFORUM@CIS.COMPUSERVE.COM
>			Phone:	  203-655-0138
>
>			Jane Torbica,  CompuServe Public Relations
>			E-Mail:	   JTORBICA@CSI.COMPUSERVE.COM
>			Phone:	   614-538-3347
>
>			Rich Pinkerton, CompuServe Public Relations
>			E-Mail:	 RPINKERTON@CSI.COMPUSERVE.COM
>			Phone:   614-538-4110
>
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