This notebook is written and organized by Tourism Vancouver specifically to help visiting journalists and their editors plan engaging story ideas about Greater Vancouver; stories that will interest and intrigue audiences.

It provides section after section of topics to:

• Help you plan your coverage, complete with thumbnail sketches and background information;
• Give you useful websites to help you research stories from here or afar;
• Provide you with specific names and contact information for many story ideas and research subjects.

We also provide content suggestions, ranging from the general to the specific, about the Greater Vancouver area. These are all the kind of on-going, general-interest stories that lend themselves to being updated at any time. As well, we offer:

• General, copyright-free items you can use as you wish for stories, fillers or sidebars on various topics;
• Lists of major events and festivals, organized to help you plan coverage.

You'll also find logistical ideas for getting around Greater Vancouver and to give you suggestions on what you might wish to do and where you might like to stay while you are here.

And, of course, we provide you with contact information for plenty of key people. They can help you with verification, additional story comments, facts, quotes or pointers to other people who might be able to help or contribute to your story.

• Background
• To See and Do
• Arts and Culture
• Sports and Outdoors
• Culinary Vancouver
• Shopping and Spa
• Contacts