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Get Involved: Learn About: Writing Letters to the Editor
Click the
link to find newspaper editors.
Writing
Letters to the Editor is a method of spreading information (and shaping public
opinion) to a wider audience for free. If an article is in the paper about
development project or preservation news, it is best to respond quickly.
In order to get published, letters should follow these rules:
1. Be brief.
2. Summarize (briefly) the article to which you are
responding without repeating the opponent’s arguments.
3. Don’t use sarcasm, acronyms or terms not understood by
everyone (e.g. EIR).
4. Keep it simple and clear – the reader will most likely not
be as well informed as you are.
5. Use facts and humor.
6. Put your name address and phone number down so they can
verify it is indeed you who is
sending the letter.
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