The News Tribune- AP article 23 Sep 11

[Ross]

At least some news appeared in USA about Hayley. I wonder if this was the interview done in the NZ House?

www.thenewstribune.com/2011/09/23/1836344/soprano-hayley-westenra-worries.html

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[Libby]

Hey, this publication is from Tacoma, Washington... actually in my state!!! You think this article would be in the actual newspaper, too?? Of course, the day's nearly over, so I don't know think I'd be able to find today's copy anymore. Anyway, it's too late to go out hunting for it.

[Edit: After further investigation, I think these articles are all just online, but better than nothing!]

Actually, it's not just this publication that's publishing the article. It's by The Associated Press, a global news service. So I did a search on the title of the article, and found it in many different US news sources!!

This one from The Examiner in WA DC is slightly longer, but is the same otherwise, and used this photo, also from the AP:



washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/2011/09/soprano-hayley-westenra-worries-about-christchurch

I also found it in connection with The Enquirer in Cincinnati, The Daily Sentinal/Grand Junction Sentinel, which was Colorado and/or Oklahoma, The Centre Daily Times in Pennsylvania, the Washington Times from WA DC, WBOC-16 in Salisbury, Maryland, the Idaho Statesman from Boise, WBRC-6 (Fox) in Alabama, KATV-7 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Reading Eagle in Reading, PA, the Tri-City Herald from the Tri-Cities, Washington, the York Dispatch from York, PA, LexGo from Lexington, Kentucky, Lancaster Online, the Pioneer Press from St. Paul, Minnesota, CBS-3 Springfield, Massachusetts, The Seattle Times!!, ... I could go on forever! Oh, and even something from Canada!

The beginning of Hayley promotion in the US & Canada, perhaps? It would've been nice if they had said when her album is released in the US, but this is better than nothing.

[Libby]

Oh, and I just found a much longer, more detailed version on ABC.com!

Soprano Westenra Worries About Native New Zealand

By ADAM EGAN and HILARY FOX Associated Press
LONDON September 23, 2011 (AP)

New Zealand's classical music star, Hayley Westenra, says her hometown of Christchurch is "still struggling" following the deadly earthquake in February.

The 24-year-old best-selling soprano just left Christchurch for London a few days before the disaster hit Feb. 22.

"It's been a really tough time for everyone," she told The Associated Press. "It wasn't just like there was this big earthquake and then it was over and everyone had a chance to get back up on their feet. There were like continuous aftershocks, so more and more buildings were being destroyed, homes, and just everyone's nerves were really sort of frayed."

Westenra said she had a huge fright when she heard about the 6.3-magnitude quake. Fortunately, her family came out unscathed, although it was a close call for her father in downtown Christchurch.

"I later found out just how lucky my dad had been, because he'd been in the heart of the devastation — the central business district — and the two buildings either side of him had collapsed," Westenra said.

She was in London to talk about her new album "Paradiso," just out last month, and has plans for a national tour at home in November that she hopes will support the worst-hit earthquake areas.

In the meantime, fans can catch Westenra performing at the Rugby World Cup, which is now under way in New Zealand. She's been asked to sing one of the anthems at the Oct. 23 final.

"Obviously I'm hoping I'll be singing the New Zealand one!" she said. "But I don't want to say anything more — I don't want to jinx anything — just that I wish them all the best."

abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/soprano-hayley-westenra-worries-christchurch-14589172

Maybe we should call the thread The Associated Press - Various American & Canadian Media Sources, or something like that. I'm happy to leave it with a publication from my state, too.

[Joe]

Hello Libby and Ross!

This is a good article...perhaps the start of the publicity as you said Libby.

Also I did modify the first thread to keep the name of the newspaper

Looks like even some TV stations mentioned this Associated Press article... I hope lots other newspapers and online sources follow suit.

[Libby]

Wait, what?? What TV stations? National TV shows, or just local, PA stations? I noticed it was in quite a few PA news publications, so she might be more well-known there. Jackie Evancho likes her, and she's from PA.

Yeah, it's clever of them to use the Christchurch earthquake as sort of an excuse to put her name out there. Unfortunately the earthquake isn't big news over here anymore, if it's even news at all. I don't even hear that much about the Japan earthquake anymore.

Last night when I saw the ABC article, they just so happened to have an ad for Good Morning America on the side. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif And a smaller one farther down today. Probably just coincidence; I bet they advertise it all the time throughout their site, but you never know... ads often do relate to whatever's being discussed on on the internet... including the ads on this forum!

[Joe]

Sept 25, 2011 4:25:58 GMT Libby said:

Wait, what?? What TV stations? National TV shows, or just local, PA stations?

The three TV stations you quoted...

Sept 24, 2011 4:43:25 GMT Libby said:

I also found it in connection with...WBRC-6 (Fox) in Alabama, KATV-7 in Little Rock, Arkansas, CBS-3 Springfield, Massachusetts

This article does appear in the first two TV station's website entertainment section.....

www.myfoxal.com/story/15532438/soprano-hayley-westenra-worries-about-christchurch

www.katv.com/story/15532438/soprano-hayley-westenra-worries-about-christchurch

It just looks like the sites merely gleaned the info off of the AP newswire, and not mentioned over the air.

In fact.if you Google "Soprano Hayley Westenra worries about Christchurch" there are results from hundreds of media outlets that carried this story.

But her name is out there even in middle America.....I just wish the Oct. 4 release date was too i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

[Libby]

Sept 25, 2011 17:58:23 GMT Joe said:

In fact.if you Google "Soprano Hayley Westenra worries about Christchurch" there are results from hundreds of media outlets that carried this story.

Umm, how do you think I found all of this stuff? That's exactly what I did!

[martindn]

Cueerntly 116 articles to be precise.

Martin D

[tireman]

Sept 25, 2011 18:33:32 GMT Libby said:

Sept 25, 2011 17:58:23 GMT Joe said:

In fact.if you Google "Soprano Hayley Westenra worries about Christchurch" there are results from hundreds of media outlets that carried this story.

Umm, how do you think I found all of this stuff? That's exactly what I did!

Hi Libby, kudos for finding the media things on Hayley. We all owe you a biggggggggggg thank you.

Larry

[Libby]

Hey, Ross is the one who found it in my paper first, so give him some credit! I wouldn't have started searching for it, if not for him. I'm curious to know how he found one from a paper in my area! How did you find it, Ross? Because when I did my search, the News Tribune was not the first one I found.

[Ross]

Sept 26, 2011 5:00:04 GMT Libby said:

Hey, Ross is the one who found it in my paper first, so give him some credit! I wouldn't have started searching for it, if not for him. I'm curious to know how he found one from a paper in my area! How did you find it, Ross? Because when I did my search, the News Tribune was not the first one I found.

I cannot take the credit as it was first posted on the Hayley Online website and I saw it when they tweeted about it.