WIMN's Action Center

Starting in May 2006, WIMN's Action Center will deliver WIMN's Words, a weekly update that keeps you informed about women and the media through action alerts, articles, media advocacy campaign opportunities and news of upcoming events. Not on the list? Sign up today!

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How To Write a Protest Letter
Jennifer L. Pozner demonstrates the fine art of crafting effective letters to the editor

Guide to Placing Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor
Communications Consortium Media Center

Finding the Right Person to Contact at a News Organization
Journalism.org, the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee for Concerned Journalists

Don't miss: WIMN's Resource Guide for Media Activists
Includes independent media outlets, media advocacy groups, blog about the media, publishing resources and more.

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Newspapers (NewsLink) Newspapers (AJR)

Radio/Television Stations (NewsLink) Television Stations (AJR)

World Newspapers and Magazines (WorldPress.org)

Citizen Media Initiatives List (CyberJournalist.net)

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Related Articles

"Reclaiming the Media for a Progressive Feminist Future," Jennifer L. Pozner, Media Development, Summer 2005
Provides a brief history of media attacks on women over the past decades and strategies for effective responses, including how to correct factual inaccuracy, challenge biased media framing, defend the public interest in telecommunications policy struggles, and support open access to existing and emerging technologies.

Stay tuned: In August 2006, Jennifer L. Pozner will have a media activism how-to essay published in the anthology Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine (forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

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