Berks-Mont Newspapers looking for freelancers

Our newspaper group, Berks-Mont Newspapers, is looking for freelance writers. If you have a passion for news and writing, you should definitely think about working for Berks-Mont.

We are looking for freelancers that are interested in news and human interest stories. (We newspaper people call human interest stories features.) Having an interest in taking photos is a plus. It also helps if you live in one of the Berks-Mont coverage areas. (Visit www.berksmontnews.com to see all of the papers.)

Those who are interested can send resumes and writing clips to Heather Tassmer, The Southern Berks News, 124 North Chestnut Street, PO Box 565, Boyertown, PA 19512. You can also e-mail the information to htassmer@berksmontnews.com.

National Night Out

Intern Ben Dalton covered National Night Out at Antietam Valley Recreation Center on Aug. 5. This community event is conducted across the nation, bringing police departments and community members together to fight crime.

Some of the money made during the community event will be donated to the families of officers Scott Wertz and Michael Wise who were killed while serving in Reading.

Ben took a lot of great photos but I was only able to use one in the paper due to space. If I have time, maybe I can post more on here.

It's been a busy couple of days. Just came back from vacation on Saturday. On Sunday, I came back to work to find my e-mail inbox flooded with press releases and other information. If you've sent me an e-mail in the past couple of weeks, you may want to follow up with a call just to make sure I have it since I have so much e-mail!!

Tuesday I helped out The Free Press in Quakertown. It was nice to be in a different office for the day and I have spent time in Quakertown before with my boyfriend so I was familiar with some of the area.

In other TassMania and Berks-Mont Newspaper News, we are looking for interns and freelancers. Those who are interested can send resumes to Heather Tassmer, The Southern Berks News, 124 N. Chestnut Street, P. O. Box 565, Boyertown, Pa. 19512. Our interns have kept busy this summer and have covered a variety of stories ranging from county news, features and other stories.