GOLDEN RULES: LETTERS to the EDITOR (LTE)
• Keep it short. Stay within the word limits of each newspaper.
• Keep it simple. Use clear declarative sentences to state your case.
• Address only one topic per letter, and use your own words – humor, if appropriate, helps.
• Be polite when responding to either news commentary or other LTEs.
• Include your phone number and address for verification.
• One letter per person every 30 days (counting from receipt at the paper).
Papers will generally not print thank-you letters that simply list people, that raise questions of good taste or libel, or attack an individual or group. Nor will they print those with gramatical errors that require re-writing, are not of topical interest, are annonymous or illegible. They will refuse letters that cover the same material you wrote previously, or evangelize (including biblical quotes), or contain factual errors.
Contacts:
If you send a letter snail-mail, the first line of the address should be: Letters to the Editor
Medford Mail Tribune
Box 1108
Medford, OR 97501
Email to: letters@mailtribune.com
200 word limit for issue letters / 150 words for election letters
75 words or less for E-vent comments
Email to: e-vent@mailtribune.com
Ashland Daily Tidings
1661 Siskiyou Blvd
Ashland, OR 97520
Email to: tidingsopinion@dailytidings.com
250 word limit
Grants Pass Daily Currier
P.O. Box 1468
Grants Pass, OR 97528
Email to: droler@thedailycourier.com
250 word limit
Upper Rogue Independent (This is a weekly paper)
P.O. Box 900
Eagle Point, OR 97524
Email to: urindependent@wave.net
300 word limit
Submit LTEs earlier than noon on Fridays.