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Letters to the editor are a great way to get our messages out to a
broader segment of the population. Besides the front page and comics,
people read letters to the editor before any other section!
General Guidelines:
- Find contact information for your local paper. (One place to look
is the Capital Advantage online
media directory.)
- Refer to a previously published article in the newspaper, or to
a well-known event. Referring to a previously written article helps
make the letter relevant to the newspaper staff, and it is more
likely to get printed. This should generally be in the first line of
your letter.
- Letters to the editor are short and concise. Following your
opening sentence, begin immediately to make the case for why you are
writing the letter. Try to keep the length similar to what you see
currently printed in the paper. Letters should not be more than 250 words
- Include a call to action. What this is will depend on the
circumstances, but it could be calling on readers to call their
legislators or attending Lobby Day.
- Include your name, address, and daytime phone number. Papers
will need to verify you actually wrote the letter, and most only
publish letters from local readers.
- Copy
us
on your e-mailed
letters – it helps us keep in touch with what papers are and are not
printing from the GLBT and allied communities.
Note: These are general guidelines; please check your local
publication for more specific guidelines.
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