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Writing Effective Letters to the Editor

Posted on August 3, 2014by David Rodeback

I’ve written a lot of letters to the editor and some opinion pieces that were published on the op/ed page, not as letters. Here’s a list of 17 things I’ve learned along the way, mostly by experience — and not all of it good experience.

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