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Especially timely NOW as elections are coming up fast!
As election time comes closer and closer, it’s time to get conservative voices before the people. Do we want to take back the Congress of the United States and preserve our freedoms. YES!
A letter to the editor provides excellent opportunities to advocate a message for our cause. Here are ten steps to help get your message printed :
Make sure to use an important and current talking point regarding a specific issue. Keep informed through Republican web sources.
2. Make the opening capture attention. The first sentence should capture the attention of the editor and pin- point your reason for writing.
3. Make it short. Use less than 200 words. Some papers limit the number of words. Follow their guidelines.
4. Make it simple. Pick one topic, stay focused and on-point.
5. Make it personal: Tell how it affects you, your family, your community, your nation etc.
6. Make it relevant and timely. Make sure you are responding to a current and relevant topic.
7. Make sure your grammar and spelling are correct.
You want editors and readers to concentrate on your message not your mistakes.
8. Make sure any information you use is correct. Include any contact information. Do not use a form letter. Make it your own as a concerned citizen.
9. Submit in multiple ways. Use email, fax, and any web site the paper has for “letters to the editors.” Follow the instructions of the paper you send to.
10. Follow up. If they do not respond, call them. Find out why you have not heard from them.
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Desert Sun Online Guidelines
Letter to the Editor (LTE)
The Democrats have a strong letter writing campaign in Riverside County, especially in the Coachella Valley. We need to fight back in the local newspapers and make sure conservative values are expressed, conservative issues are fairly represented, and conservative candidates are supported.
The two main newspapers that we are targeting are the Desert Sun and the Press Enterprise.
Desert Sun
Online:
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=feedback02
(www.mydesert.com, Opinion, Submit a Letter)
US Mail:
The Desert Sun
P.O. Box 2734
Palm Springs, CA 92263
Desert Sun LTE Guidelines
We welcome letters that are:
200 or fewer words
in writer's own words
Free from libel
in good taste
LETTERS MUST INCLUDE
Writer's full name
Address, city and zip code
Daytime phone number for verification Only name and city will be printed.
*Letters will be edited for clarity, grammar and length.
The Press Enterprise
Online:
http://www.pe.com/localnews/opinion/letters_form.html
(www.pe.com, Opinion, Letter to the Editor)
US Mail:
Your Views
The Press-Enterprise
PO Box 792
Riverside, CA 92502
E-Mail:
letters@pe.com
Press-Enterprise LTE Guidelines
We require the writer's name and city to be published with each letter chosen. We do not withhold names or allow the use of initials or pseudonyms. We also require telephone numbers so we can contact writers for clarification or confirmation. We do not publish form letters, poetry, letters written to other publications or letters directed to individuals.
Palm Desert, Indian Wells,
Bermuda Dunes, Thousand Palms,
La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, Indio and Coachella.