Praising implementation.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)

This spring, the city of Spokane prepared to adopt a comprehensive land-use plan, which had profound changes for our sprawl-weakened community. As decision day approached, our letters page was receiving a random smattering of letters about the plan. But most of those letters seemed to come from people with an ......

While editorial-page takes on the war in Iraq have been mixed, a sampling of letters to the editor around the country shows that they were dominated by those opposed to the war. CJR polled letters-page editors at ten papers of various sizes and locations during the weeks of March 11, ......

Reaping what we sow.

Set priorities Sue O'Brien, editorial page editor, The DenverPost For big and small papers, choosing which letters to publish and how to use them makes the difference between a lively letters section and one that is routine. Establish priorities, O'Brien suggests. In selecting letters for the Post, people who have ......

Preventing form letters from appearing on newspaper letters pages is an increasingly difficult task. On Friday, an aborted soldier letter-writing campaign prompted political activist group MoveOn.org to launch its own letters drive to newspaper editors.

HEADNOTE With letters running against the war, editors wrestle with bias and balance While editorial-page takes on the war in Iraq have been mixed, a sampling of letters to the editor around the country shows that they were dominated by those opposed to the war. CJR polled letters-page editors at ......

So you think your newspaper prints a lot of letters? The Union Leader in Manchester, N.H., announced today that it published more than 5,100 letters to the editor in 2004, breaking a record set almost 30 years ago.

What is a cheap way to gain some good public exposure?Write a Letter to the Editor of your local paper, trade magazines in your vertical, or other online/offline publishing media. If you're not into letter writing, then write an op-ed and submit it. Why should you write a letter? How ......

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