• Write a letter/op-ed! 
• Contact your representatives! 
• Censored News? 

For a full explanation on how to write a letter to the editor or an opinion editorial (op-ed), please read the media kit compiled by the FAIR organization. 

Most importantly, letters to the editor must be BRIEF, clear, timely and responsive to the articles recently published in that newspaper/magazine. Always include your full name, email address, home address, telephone number and the date of writing. If provided, use the form on the newspaper's website when sending the letter via email. 

Op-eds are actual articles that combine the timeliness of a news story with a personal voice. They follow a certain structure: the opening reminds the reader of the occasion for the piece (professional writers begin with a catchy scenario or thoughtful insight), the argument comes in the middle, and the conclusion is an articulate, dramatic restatement of the writer's position or recommendation (tell your readers exactly what you want them to think or do). It is important that you call the editor in charge of opinion pieces and instigate interest for your topic, following up once you send the article. Remember that editors rarely get further than a third paragraph. Tips: keep most sentences short, direct, informal and dramatic; be concrete (use real names, dates, places, events); move from a specific problem to a broader public issue; be respective of your adversaries; use the spell and grammar check; ask others to read your drafts; follow your newspaper and read the published opinions to assess editors' interests. 

Read letters and opinions published by the SANE community at "SANE & Press"! 

Follow your local newspaper – subscribe on-line free of charge!
Members of the academic community – publish in your university newspapers!

Please do not write on behalf of SANE and do not use SANE's name unless you have an explicit permission from the SANE Board (it is against the law). 

• National Media 

• International Media

• Boston Media:

The Boston Globe
Letter to the Editor: http://extranet.globe.com/LettersEditor/default.asp
Snail mail can be sent to: Letters to the Editor, The Boston Globe, P.O. Box 2378, Boston, MA 02107-2378. 
Fax op-ed submissions to (617) 929-2098 or email them to op@globe.com
Op-ed Editor: Ms. Marjorie J. Pritchard, m_pritchard@globe.com, 
(617) 929-3041.
The Boston Herald
Editorial Page: (617) 619-6490
Letters to the Editor (e-mail): letterstoeditor@bostonherald.com
The Boston Herald, Inc., One Herald Square, Boston, MA 02106-2096
Christian Science Monitor
Send letters to the editor and op-eds to: Ms. Clara Gemani, oped@csps.com
(617) 450-7034
The Patriot Ledger
(617) 786-7000; Fax: 786-7025 - newsroom
The Patriot Ledger, P.O. Box 699159, Quincy, MA 02269-9159

• Other Massachusetts Newspapers 

• Local Massachusetts Newspapers 

• Connecticut Newspapers

• Rhode Island Newspapers

• Maine Newspapers

• New Hampshire Newspapers 

• Vermont Newspapers 

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!!!

Mention that you are a voter and that you contributed to the campaign if you did.

CONGRESS

To locate your House representative and retrieve their full address and email, go to: http://www.house.gov/writerep/. Many House members require that you use the http://www.house.gov/writerep/ "form" system to email them.

SENATE

More information (biographies, viewpoints) available on: http://www.senate.gov/index.cfm. When website addresses are given instead of regular email addresses, you must use the electronic form provided on this website.

For a list of addresses and phone numbers of senators from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, please click HERE!
 

CENSORED NEWS

If you feel that the mainstream media are not covering a certain story or that they are reporting in any manner that is unfair or incorrect - act! Send underpublished stories (articles seldom published, usually by local or alternative media) or stories that prove unfair reporting to: 

Project Censored News

project.censored@sonoma.edu

When sending an article retain the name of the source publication, the date that the article appeared, and page number. Four out of 25 top censored stories of 1999 (published in Censored 2000) concerned Kosovo, probably also thanks to the efforts of SANE members. 

EXTRA! Fairness and Acuracy in Reporting

fair@fair.org

COVERT ACTION QUARTERLY

info@covertaction.org

MOTHER JONES

Send short pieces on what should be news to mojowire@motherjones.com

COUNTERPUNCH

counterpunch@counterpunch.org
D.C.- based newsletter on Washington politics. 

_____________________________________________________________________________ Other media/ organizations interested in unfair reporting or underreporting: 
 

News concerning environmental affairs:
 

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