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As [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/global-warming-not-our-doing#post-108145 ]I mentioned on another thread[/url], I've joined the ranks of those who write letters to their local paper, [url= http://www.google.co.uk/search?q ="Mike+McTimoney"+site:www.thenorthernecho.co.uk]with several being published[/url].
Am I alone here, or does anyone else occasionally wield the virtual green biro?
I don't even read a newspaper, let alone write to one
Yes, I have written to the local paper, either by email or posting on the paper's message board. It seems that if you can string a couple of words together and make a point succinctly, then you're pretty much guaranteed a slot.
It seems that if you can string a couple of words together and make a point succinctly, then you're pretty much guaranteed a slot.
As a former local newspaper hack, I can testify that mailbags are not usually what you'd describe as "bulging".
This may have changed with more people having web access now, but I'm sure you can still get published easily if you're saying something different to the blue rinse brigade and local politicians who submit most of the letters.
There's not much point in writting to my local paper, being as they struggle to proofread most of their work. The spelling and grammar are appalling, they often get names and details mixed up and often the same story is repeated several times in one issue, just under slightly altered headings.
And yet I still check in here every day....
hmmm.
last time i wrote was to point out that a very large 4x4 with a zero pedestrian safety rating is "not the ideal vehicle for the school run" and that maybe they could include pedestrian safety ratings in all car reviews
think went in the bin