What Is a Letter to the Editor?
Letters to the editor are an excellent tool to express your views on the value of CTE to policymakers and to educate people in the community. You can also write a letter to the editor to correct inaccurate facts, promote your issue or praise/condemn a recent article. When writing letters to the editor, remember these guidelines: • Research your regional and local media on guidelines for submitting letters to the editor. • Write persuasively and reference research that supports your argument. • After submitting the letter, it may take a couple of days to a week for the letter to run, depending on space. • If your letter isn’t published, encourage others to write in. The paper may be more inclined to print something if several people submit letters raising the same issue. However, remember that newspapers often avoid printing letters that are generated by a campaign. Write your letter from your own experience and perspective! Here’s a sample letter to the editor written by ACTE Executive
