- Keep letters as brief as possible. A short letter, fewer than 200 words, is less likely to be edited and more likely to be read.
- Always include your full name, address and daytime telephone number for confirmation purposes.
- Submit your letter at least 3-5 days in advance of when you hope to have the letter appear. Be aware that most papers have a policy regarding frequency of submission, usually no more than one letter per month.
Links to Michigan Newspapers:
Send your letter by clicking on the e-mail links below or cut and paste the e-mail address into the "To" portion of a new e-mail. If you don't hear from the newspaper within a few days, call the phone number provided to confirm receipt of your letter.
| Adrian Daily Telegram Alcona County Review Allegan County News Alpena News Ann Arbor News Antrim County News Arenac County Independent Argus-Press Daily Battle Creek Enquirer Bay City Times Bay Mills News Berkely Mirror Berrien County Record Birmingham Eccentric Brooklyn Exponent Cadillac Evening News Canton Observer Cassopolis Vigilant/Argus Cheboygan Daily Tribune Clarkston Eccentric Clawson Mirror Crain's Detroit Business Crawford County Avalanche Coldwater Daily Reporter Dearborn Press and Guide Detroit Free Press Detroit Metro Times Detroit News Dowagiac Daily News Dundee Independent Elk Rapids Town Meeting Escanaba Daily Press Farmington Observer Ferndale Mirror Flint Journal Freemont Times Indicator Garden City Observer Gaylord Herald Times Gladwin County Record Grand Haven Tribune Grand Rapids Press Grand Traverse Herald Greenville Daily News Grosse Ile Camera Grosse Pointe News Hillsdale Daily News Holland Sentinel Galesburg Horizon Houghton Daily Mining Gzte. Houghton Lake Resorter Huron Daily Tribune Iosco County News-Herald Iron County Reporter Iron Mountain Daily News Ironwood Daily Globe Jackson Citizen Patriot Kalamazoo County Wide Kalamazoo Gazette Lake Orion Eccentric L'Anse Sentinel Lansing State Journal Lapeer County Press Leelanau Enterprise Livingston Daily Livonia Observer Ludington Daily News Macomb Daily Marcellus News Marlette Leader Marquette Mining Journal Michigan Chronicle Midland Daily News Milan News Milford Times Monroe Evening News Montmorency County Tribune Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun Munising News Muskegon Chronicle New Baltimore Voice Niles Daily Star Northville Record Novi News Oakland Press Oceana's Herald-Journal Ontonagon Herald Oscoda Press Oxford Eccentric Petoskey News-Review Plymouth Observer Portland Times Herald Presque Isle County Advance Redford Observer Richland Express Rochester Eccentric Romeo Observer Royal Oak Daily Tribune Royal Oak Mirror Saginaw News Saint Ignace News Saline Reporter Saugatuck Commercial Recrd. Sault Ste. Marie Eve. News South Lyon Herald Southfield Eccentric Southgate News Herald St. Joseph Herald-Palladium Sturgis Journal Tecumseh Herald The Kalkaskian Traverse City Record-Eagle Tri-County Times (Fenton) Troy Eccentric Troy Somerset Gazette Utica Source/Advisor Vassar Pioneer Times Waterford Spinal Column Watervliet Tri-City Record Wayland Penasee Globe West Bloomfield Eccentric Westland Observer White Lake Beacon Ypsilanti Courie | editor@lenconnect.com editor@alconareview.com bbrown@allegannews.com smurch@thealpenanews.com letters@annarbornews.com edit@upnorthpub.com news@arenacindependent.com argus@chartermi.net ssmith@battlecr.gannett.com forum@bc-times.com newspaper@baymills.org kmartin@mn.homecomm.net bcrnews@bcrnews.net gkowalski@hometownlife.com exponews@frontiernet.net mseward@cadillacnews.com kkuban@hometownlife.com marcia.steffens@leaderpub.com rich.adams@cheboygantribune.com ksmith@oe.homecomm.net kmartin@mn.homecomm.net cgoodaker@crain.com avalanche@i2k.net editor@thedailyreport.com editor@pressandguide.com letters@freepress.com letters@metrotimes.com letters@detnews.com john.eby@leaderpub.com sean@dundee.net edit@upnorthpub.com rrudden@dailypress.net sjenkins@hometownlife.com kmartin@mn.homecomm.net letters@flintjournal.com news@ncats.net smason@hometownlife.com editor@gaylordheraldtimes.com editor@ejourney.com lpainter@grandhaventribune.com pulse@grpress.com gleiva@gtherald.com dclark@staffordgroup.com editor@ilecamera.com jminnis@grossepointenews.com james.pruitt@hillsdale.net Jim.Hayden@hollandsentinel.com frontdesk@countywidenewspaper.com bsargent@mininggazette.com resorter@voyager.net kniebel@hearstnp.com editor@iosconews.com marian@ironcountyreporter.com news@ironmountaindailynews.com globenews@chartermi.net editor@citpat.com frontdesk@birchrivergroup.com rpierce@kalamazoogazette.com ksmith@oe.homecomm.net sentinel@up.net dmelot@lsj.com editor@countypress.com editor@leelanaunews.com mstuart@ht.homecomm.net dvarga@hometownlife.com sbegnoche@ludingtondailynews.com vanhulle@macombdaily.com editor@marcellusnews.com msysop@hdtinfo.com newsroom@miningjournal.net Chronicle4@aol.com mdnletters@mdn.net editor@milannews.com mtrecept@ht.comecomm.net tom@monroenews.com tcyoung@nemichigan.com scoon@michigannewspapers.com munisingnews@jamadots.com gcarlson@muskegonchronicle.com donna@voicenews.com jan.griffey@leaderpub.com daguilar@gannett.com cstone@ht.homecomm.net neil.munro@oakpress.com editor@oceanaheraldjournal.com editor@ontonagonherald.com editor1@oscodapress.com ksmith@oe.homecomm.net kwint@petoskeynews.com bkadrich@hometownlife.com tdwalker@gannett.com Editor@piadvance.com dvarga@hometownlife.com frontdesk@birchrivergroup.com gwinkelman@hometownlife.com news@romeoobserver.com editor@dailytribune.com kmartin@mn.homecomm.net letters@thesaginawnews.com editor@stignacenews.com editor@salinereporter.com publisher@allegannews.com editor@sooeveningnews.com sblack@ht.homecomm.net wpeal@hometownlife.com editor@thenewsherald.com letters@heraldpalladium.com newsroom@sturgisjournal.com editor@tecumsehherald.com edit@upnorthpub.com letters@record-eagle.com news@tctimes.com sarmbruster@hometownlife.com editor@troy-somersetgazette.com joe.warner@advisorsource.com vptimes@sbcglobal.net news@thescngroup.com. news@tricityrecord.com letterstotheeditor@advancenewspapers.com lruehlen@hometownlife.com smason@hometownlife.com editor@whitelakebeacon.net editor@ypsilanticourier.com | 517-265-5111 989-724-6384 269-673-5534 989-354-3111 734-994-6764 231-587-8471 989-846-4531 989-725-5136 269-966-0688 989-894-9631 906-248-2258 248-546-4900 269-695-3878 248-644-1314 517-592-2122 231-775-6565 734-459-2700 888-725-0108 231-627-7144 248-625-1900 248-546-4900 313-446-0419 989-348-6811 517-278-2318 313-359-7820 313-222-6400 313-961-4060 313-222-6400 269-782-2101 734-529-2688 231-264-9711 906-786-2021 734-953-2131 248-546-4900 810-766-6100 231-924-4400 734-953-2112 989-732-1111 989-426-9411 616-842-6400 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Tips for Writing Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor are great advocacy tools. After you write letters to your elected officials, sending letters to the editor can achieve other advocacy goals because they:
- Reach a large audience
- Are often monitored by elected officials
- Can bring up information not addressed in a news article
- Create an impression of widespread support for or in opposition to an issue
Short, heartfelt statements are often more powerful than lengthy legal arguments. Keep in mind that newspaper readers have varying levels of education and experience your letter must make sense to a wide range of people in order to be effective. If you have personal experience related to the issue you’re writing about, consider including it. Personal testimonies are very effective.
If not submitting letters via e-mail, make sure your letter is legible. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but you should use a typewriter or word processor if your handwriting is difficult to read.
Send letters to weekly community newspapers, too. The smaller the newspaper’s circulation, the easier it is to get your letter printed.
Be sure to include your contact information. Many newspapers will only print a letter to the editor after calling the author to verify his or her identity and address. Newspapers will not give out that information, and will usually only print your name and city should your letter be published.
Make references to the newspaper. While some papers print general commentary, many will only print letters that refer to a specific article. Here are some examples of easy ways to refer to articles in your opening sentence:
- I was disappointed to that The Post’s May 18 editorial, “School Vouchers are Right On” omitted some of the key facts in the debate.
- I strongly disagree with [author’s name] narrow view on women’s reproductive rights. [“Name of Op Ed,” date]
- I was pleased to see your article [“Title of Article,” date] regarding Brighton Township’s unfair restriction of political lawn signs and free speech.
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