Tips for Keeping the Right on the Run

Add your voice to the fight for a fair, independent Supreme Court today!

Below are some resources and tips for expressing your ideas and thoughts to local and national media.

Click here for specific points you can make about nominee Samuel Alito.

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Tips for Writing a Letter to the Editor:

· Keep your letter short (less than 200 words) and focused on one main point.
· If an article has already run in your newspaper that you can write in response to, your letter is more likely to be published.
· Make sure to check your newspaper’s guidelines for submitting Letters to the Editor. Most require a full address and phone number for confirmation, and many have specific word limits.
· If your newspaper hasn’t run your letter within one week, you have a good chance of getting them to print it by calling the editor to follow up.

Tips for Calling a Radio Show:

· Call as soon as phone lines open up or the show’s hosts give you a phone number so you can be sure your call gets through.
· Make one key point with your call, and make it succinctly. You won’t have time for multiple points.
· Use specific facts and examples to underscore your point.
· Don’t be shrill or exaggerate. Try to sound reasonable so that listeners don’t dismiss what you have to say.
· Write notes on what you want to say before you call. Sometimes people forget what they want to say when they go “on air.”