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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 newsdesk@cambridge-news.co.uk
CITIZEN, GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT SERIES djackman@london.newsquest.co.uk
DUNMOW AND BRAINTREE TIMES aynsley.davidson@nqe.com
DUNMOW BROADCAST editor@dunmow-broadcast.co.uk
ESSEX CHRONICLE letters@essexchronicle.co.uk
EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES eadtletters@eadt.co.uk
EASTERN DAILY PRESS edpletters@archant.co.uk
EVENING STAR eveningstarletters@eveningstar.co.uk
HARLOW STAR star@hertsessexnews.co.uk
HERALD SERIES heraldnews@archant.co.uk
HERTS & ESSEX OBSERVER observer@hertsessexnews.co.uk
MERCURY mercury@hertsessexnews.co.uk
SAFFRON WALDEN OBSERVER observer@hertsessexnews.co.uk
SAFFRON WALDEN REPORTER editor@saffronwalden-reporter.co.uk
SAFFRON WALDEN WEEKLY NEWS editorial@saffronwaldenweeklynews.co.uk
SUFFOLK FREE PRESS Mark_Crossley@JPress.co.uk
THE ENQUIRER letters@theenquirer.co.uk
WALDEN LOCAL editor@waldenlocal.co.uk
We've reprinted below the email addresses for the letters pages of the main national and London newspapers to help you.
DAILY EXPRESS expressletters@express.co.uk
DAILY MAIL letters@dailymail.co.uk
DAILY TELEGRAPH dtletters@telegraph.co.uk
FINANCIAL TIMES letters.editor@ft.com
GUARDIAN letters@guardian.co.uk
INDEPENDENT letters@independent.co.uk
THE MIRROR mailbox@mirror.co.uk
THE SUN talkback@the-sun.co.uk
THE TIMES letters@the-times.co.uk
MAIL ON SUNDAY letters@mailonsunday.co.uk
THE OBSERVER letters@observer.co.uk
SUNDAY EXPRESS sunday.exletters@express.co.uk
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT sundayletters@independent.co.uk
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH stletters@telegraph.co.uk
SUNDAY TIMES letters@sunday-times.co.uk
LONDON EVENING STANDARD letters@standard.co.uk
UK METRO mail@ukmetro.co.uk
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