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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor. What is a letter to the editor?. A written way of talking to readers of a regularly printed publication Generally found in the first section of the publication or on the editorial page Can be for or against an issue, or simply to inform Usually less than 300 words.

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Letter to the Editor

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  1. Letter to the Editor

  2. What is a letter to the editor? • A written way of talking to readers of a regularly printed publication • Generally found in the first section of the publication or on the editorial page • Can be for or against an issue, or simply to inform • Usually less than 300 words

  3. Why should you write a letter to the editor? • You're angry about something and want others to know • An issue is so important that you must speak out • To persuade others to take a specific action • To suggest an idea to others • To influence public opinion • To educate the public • To influence policymakers

  4. How to Write a Letter to the Editor • Choose one issue about which you wish to write the letter. Ensure that there is a title about what you are writing. • Begin by writing your interest in the issue as an individual or as an organization This states the purpose of letter in short. • Write 2 - 3 sentences about giving some examples to validate your interest/reason for writing the letter. • Give some of your personal opinions. • In one or two sentences, provide motivation or encourage readers to champion the cause that you are trying to highlight through your letter like global warming, pollution, traffic problems, etc.

  5. How to Write a Letter to the Editor • Ensure all paragraphs are properly assembled. • Address the letter as "Dear Editor". • Mention your full name and contact details properly at the end of the letter. • Proofreading the letter to the editor is important as that will help to cast a good impression on the editor. Poorly proofread letters are not accepted. Show professionalism and do proof read it.

  6. Examples • Editor: • Making decisions is all about obtaining the facts or trusting someone else's information to make those decisions. When it comes to food choices, a few make that decision on facts - most eat based on advertising. This has resulted in an ill society - one getting sicker each day. • Eating the standard Canadian diet, supplemented by fast food and packaged/processed food over time will probably lead to the following picture of your life: schooling (22-plus years), working (40-plus years), developing diabetes, cancer and/or some form of heart disease sometime during those 40-plus years, a 50 per cent chance of dying in that time period, at least one operation, unable to retire early plus additional expenses due to prescribed medications, reaching retirement only having a short one and a brief time period with your grandchildren, then death. • For 50 per cent of males at least, that is the positive side. For the other 50 per cent, leave out the part about reaching retirement and spending time with your grandchildren. • If you are my age, it is easy to see the external bodily changes in people as you walk the streets. What about the internal changes? That's where the worst results of the bad foods hide. On a daily basis, people make the decision to eat a diet based on meat and dairy products - a diet which is destroying people's quality of life, our environment and the family unit. Good food comes in the form of a plant-based diet - it always has. What is needed now is a federal government task force to seriously look at the issue of the consumption of the foods by the public through what appears to be uncontrolled food advertisements that are resulting in spiralling health-care costs, colossal illness and completely unnecessary, early deaths. • Here's a question. Want to live with good health an extra 10-15 years? Here's the answer. Incorporate a plant-based diet into your life from an early age. Take it from me. If I had not altered my diet in 2004, I would not be writing this letter today nor would I be enjoying my grandchildren. What an experience. • David C. Campbell, • Charlottetown

  7. Examples • Editor: • On May 10, I received the census form in my mailbox. On May 11, I got a reminder asking if I had filled it out and sent it back. • I can only interpret this as nagging. Surely the Ottawa vampires, hanging by their toenails over their computers, can wait at least one day to learn if I speak French or not. After all, they have had four years to set up their survey and anticipate the results. • People sometimes wonder why we are so cynical about politics and those who hang around its edges. I think that this is an excellent example. • Ian MacQuarrie, • HazelGrove

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