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N.J. unveils winning slogan
TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- It's official -- New Jersey's new slogan is "New Jersey: Come see for yourself."
The slogan, the work of a New Jersey Transit employee whose work includes writing advertising slogans, was the winner in a competition between five finalists, the Star-Ledger of Newark (N.J.) reported. They were selected from among 8,000 or so submitted by voters after acting Gov. Dick Codey rejected a motto -- New Jersey: We'll win you over." -- an ad agency had been paid $250,000 to come up with.
Jeffrey Antman, the winning sloganeer, attended the news conference wearing a button with another example of his work -- "The Tunnel: Dig It." He modestly described his inspiration as "an epiphany."
Antman's slogan beat out "New Jersey: Come see for yourself" by about 100 votes out of 11,000 cast by telephone, e-mail and fax.
The 8,000 slogans put in ranged from the serious to "Not all of our elected officials have been indicted." *snicker*
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060113-040717-9323r
Hey - we're writers - can we come up with something better?
N.J. unveils winning slogan
TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- It's official -- New Jersey's new slogan is "New Jersey: Come see for yourself."
The slogan, the work of a New Jersey Transit employee whose work includes writing advertising slogans, was the winner in a competition between five finalists, the Star-Ledger of Newark (N.J.) reported. They were selected from among 8,000 or so submitted by voters after acting Gov. Dick Codey rejected a motto -- New Jersey: We'll win you over." -- an ad agency had been paid $250,000 to come up with.
Jeffrey Antman, the winning sloganeer, attended the news conference wearing a button with another example of his work -- "The Tunnel: Dig It." He modestly described his inspiration as "an epiphany."
Antman's slogan beat out "New Jersey: Come see for yourself" by about 100 votes out of 11,000 cast by telephone, e-mail and fax.
The 8,000 slogans put in ranged from the serious to "Not all of our elected officials have been indicted." *snicker*
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060113-040717-9323r
Hey - we're writers - can we come up with something better?
