To Submit Content for the Telltale
The Telltale is the Nepean Sailing Club’s weekly electronic newsletter. The Telltale includes ‘headline news’ for the week ahead and is typically emailed out to members every Wednesday.
🆕It is emailed out weekly during the sailing season and every first and third Wednesday during the winter.
If you have news, stories, or photos to include in the weekly Telltale, please email telltale@nsc.ca by Tuesday noon for the Wednesday 4 pm publication. Links to website posts with more complete information must be included with your submission to the Telltale. The posts can be either on NSC’s website (see below) or on external websites (such as registration pages).
Please note that the Telltale does not repeat content from week to week (except in special circumstances). If something must be repeated two or more weeks in a row, the item will need to be re-submitted by the weekly deadline for the week ahead, preferably with a new image and text. This is because repeated content causes our readership to decline.
What to Include in Your Submission to the Telltale
In your email to the telltale@nsc.ca, include:
- a relevant non-copyright image ideally sized at 1080 x 1080 pixels
- a summary of the item in about 20 words, and, if required,
- the relevant link to a webpage where subscribers can read more.
For images, your submission can include your non-copyright images or existing images from NSC’s website or media library. Free image websites such as Unsplash or Freepick are also good sources for images.
The following is a good example of an emailed submission with an image, text, and a link embedded in the text. Straight ‘copy and paste’ links are also acceptable.
See image requirements below.
How to Submit Content for NSC’s Website
If you need to communicate more than the 20-some-words-long Telltale summary, please send your content by email to www@nepeansailingclub.atlassian.net, including non-copyrighted images for a related post that can be linked from the Telltale item. Please note that NSC website editors require 3-4 days to prepare posts (please factor this time requirement into the timing of your Telltale publication). For example, if submitting a Telltale item by the Tuesday noon deadline, please submit your post request by the previous Thursday or Friday.
How to Submit Content for NSC’s OptiSigns
You may email graphics content to the membership administrator with a request to include it on the screens in the clubhouse foyer and in the members’ lounge.
Please note the image requirements below.
Image Requirements
The following are the required image sizes. With blog posts, there is some flexibility. Please consult the web team.
| Image for Telltale (1080 x 1080 pixels) – text may be included in the image |
| Banners in Telltale (e.g. event sponsors) (851 x 315 pixels) – text may be included |
| Images for website posts Blog post image size (1200 x 630 pixels) Header image size (banner size 1048 x 250 pixels) Featured image size (landscape 1200 x 900 pixels) – preferably no text in the images Featured image size (portrait 900 x 1200 pixels) – preferably no text in the images |
| Optisigns full screen (screens in foyer and bar) – text may be included (1920 x 1080 pixels) |
Need Help?
We can often help you with images and formatting as long as we have your content a couple of weeks in advance.
For all other NSC Website posts or pages, please email the PR Director.