LETTER TO THE EDITOR WORKSHOP

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Workshop Description

Learn important tips and strategies to improve the chances that your message and letter to the editor get published. What are editors looking for? What makes them cry (not tears of joy)? What’s effective and impactful writing? How to craft your letter so that it does more than just appeal to readers—it inspires action?! This workshop answers these questions and also provides best practices from real newspaper editors. And if you’re writing a letter now, or want to later, and would like to bounce it off people who also have climate solution mindsets, then we’ll form feedback partners for after the workshop.

Presenter’s Bio

A member of the Bay Area chapter and the communications chair and strategy advisor for the LA chapter’s Climate Curricula Committee, Dan Linehan joined CRP in 2012. An author and professional writer and editor, he’s focused on climate change for over two decades. Widely published, his work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, literary journals, books, and videos. He’s given over a hundred presentations based on his work. And his latest book is The Princess of the Bottom of the World, an award-winning multimedia climate series based on his climate change work in Antarctica and Argentina. www.dslinehan.com

Resources

"Letter to the Editor (LTE) Guide" from "Writing to Inspire Action" video