Media Outlets

Subscribe to your local newspapers

As well as being a good source for notice of community meetings, local newspapers often run stories and opinion columns focusing on local public officials, government decisions, and environmental issues specific to your county, town, or village that you will not find in major regional or city newspapers.

Write a letter to the editor or an op-ed

These are important vehicles for publishing the perspectives of individuals and organizations that are not reported in news articles. They are an opportunity to share your argument with others and increase support for your cause. Here are some tips on getting your letter or article published:

• Be rational and succinct. You do not want the newspaper staff editing your article and removing some of your best points in the process.
• Responses to stories published in the paper have a better chance of being published than pieces that are unrelated to previous news.
• If you are an individual or representative of a group that is directly affected by a proposed project or other pressing issue, the editors will be more interested in your viewpoint.