Comments on: Move Your Agenda on the Opinion Editorial Pages

By: Eulalia Parraz

Eulalia Parraz — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:25:14 +0000

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By: Margot Friedman

Margot Friedman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:56:27 +0000

This is a really good point, Alex. Sometimes national organizations get around this problem by having a national name as one signer and recruiting a local person as a co-signer. This can be good for state chapter/coalition relations, too.

By: Shayna

Shayna — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:30:02 +0000

Great point. My experience is the same, Alex. Even in dealing with bigger papers around the country I’ve found that to be true. For a recent project I was trying to get something placed in the Houston Chronicle – the 10th largest paper in the country. They didn’t want anything that didn’t have a specific and direct Houston connection for the editorial page or in the newsroom.

By: Alex Hogan

Alex Hogan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:09:27 +0000

I would also add that local authors are more in demand by local papers. In dealing with smaller market papers, I found one of the first questions I got from editors was: “is the author from around here?”