 WRITING TO THE PRESS |
See Press Email Links Below
Seen something about airport expansion in a newspaper that's made your blood
boil? Think you could put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard? Well, we'd
like to encourage you... After all, the more column inches the better as
far as getting the Stop Stansted Expansion messages across.
Given that the letters pages of almost every paper are as well read as the
tv guide and often better than the front page, it's an excellent place to be
seen. Many people who won't have read half the articles will still read the
letters, so it's a great place to stand on a soapbox...
In fact, plenty of Stop Stansted Expansion members and others opposed to
airport expansion have already been successful in getting their views in
print, too. Why? Because:
* They responded quickly to the article - usually within a day or two
* Their letters were short and to the point: in other words, they responded
to the article or items that raised their hackles (shorter letters can always be fitted in more easily, too)
* They didn't try to cover too much ground. Making one or two good points
gave them an edge
* They included their full name and address with a contact phone number
(always useful if the letters editor needs to make contact, even though the phone number won't be printed)
* If emailed rather than posted, the letters were sent in plain text (not
html or as attachments which are often rejected by national newspapers' servers)
* Their letters hadn't appeared elsewhere: newspapers like original
material
All sounds so simple, doesn't it?! Why don't you try your hand...
We've reprinted below the email addresses for the letters pages of some of the regional newspapers to help you.
CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS [email protected]
CITIZEN, GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT SERIES [email protected]
DUNMOW AND BRAINTREE TIMES [email protected]
DUNMOW BROADCAST [email protected]
ESSEX CHRONICLE [email protected]
EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES [email protected]
EASTERN DAILY PRESS [email protected]
EVENING STAR [email protected]
HARLOW STAR [email protected]
HERALD SERIES [email protected]
HERTS & ESSEX OBSERVER [email protected]
MERCURY [email protected]
SAFFRON WALDEN OBSERVER [email protected]
SAFFRON WALDEN REPORTER [email protected]
SAFFRON WALDEN WEEKLY NEWS [email protected]
SUFFOLK FREE PRESS [email protected]
THE ENQUIRER [email protected]
WALDEN LOCAL [email protected]
We've reprinted below the email addresses for the letters pages of the main national and London newspapers to help you.
DAILY EXPRESS [email protected]
DAILY MAIL [email protected]
DAILY TELEGRAPH [email protected]
FINANCIAL TIMES [email protected]
GUARDIAN [email protected]
INDEPENDENT [email protected]
THE MIRROR [email protected]
THE SUN [email protected]
THE TIMES [email protected]
MAIL ON SUNDAY [email protected]
THE OBSERVER [email protected]
SUNDAY EXPRESS [email protected]
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT [email protected]
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH [email protected]
SUNDAY TIMES [email protected]
LONDON EVENING STANDARD [email protected]
UK METRO [email protected]
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