Item 1

"Letter to the Editor" Toolkit

Create a list of targeted newspapers and anecdotal information for successful submissions. This can include newspapers in counties of state committee members that influence actions, legislators representing you in the state house and senate and newspapers in hard to reach rural areas to alert people on issues. Develop the list with internet searches, call each and learn what they require for publishing, and introduce yourself to the editor.

Links for searching newspapers:

Google Search

On Line Newspapers

Local News

Two examples of what to include in the newspaper information:

Greene CountY

Lake Oconee News               lakeoconeenews.us                            (Person Subscribing)

Serves Greene, Morgan & Putnam counties….706-454-1290, Greensboro

General Manager Mark Smith Jr., marksmithjr@lakeoconeenews.us

LTE’s - 300 word limit. Submit on-line.

The Herald Journal                                                                         (Person Subscribing)

Published Thursdays, 706-453-7988, Greensboro

Owner/Editor Carey Williams, Jr., greensboronewspaper@gmail.com

Also owns Crawfordville Advocate, Taliaferro County.

LTE’s - No apparent word limit, deadline Tuesday.

Send to greensboronewspaper@gmail.com

County Information

Population: 17,698      White 63%  AA 34%  Asian 1%  Latino 6%    Female 52%

2018 Election:  Voter TO, 74.70%      K 65.10% / A 34.39%…H 66.74% / JG 33.26%

Republican State Senator and Representative

Towns - Greensboro, Siloam, Union Point, White Plains


Item 2

Build an LTE activities spreadsheet to record and organize LTE committee, submissions, publications, and rewrites. The sheet is used by all committee members to communicate what each person is doing and for subscribers to list if an LTE has been published. It is a live spreadsheet for updates.

LteToolkitSheet.png

Item 3

Volunteers to keep flow of publications and record updates

  • Writers to create and submit original LTE

    • Work together on topics and themes for LTE submissions

    • Share all submitted LTE submissions with rewriters’ group

  • Writers to rewrite original LTE and submit to additional newspapers

    • Let the group know when they pick up an original LTE and the newspaper they send it to for publication

  • Subscribers who purchase subscriptions and watch for publications of LTE

    • Members who agree to pay for a subscription and follow what is published to report out to the group

  • Responders to write a response to a published LTE

    • Members who write comments or follow-up an LTE to papers who publish original or rewritten LTEs