, Henry you're crazy. I cant stop laughing--I just have a simple sense of humor.
Anyways, in regards to the topic at hand, I recently submitted a letter to a small local paper that was almost immediately published somewhat to my surprise--mostly due to numerous failed attempts to other papers in the past. The article touched on the downfall of Niagara Falls and how embarassing it is to our patriotism that the 14-18 million that visit the region each year take away a negative impression of the USA because of the dilapidated area. The paper reaches some 200,000+ people in Niagara County, but yes its definitely a small paper, usually about 20 pages max.
Heres the website:
http://wnypapers.com/tribune/tribune.htmAnyways, I wanted to point out that even if some of the major papers in our towns and cities wont budge, here being the Buffalo News who havent seemed willing to publish anything Kiva related, most of us still have smaller community based newspapers that reach a significant number of people, and would definitely be worth writing in to for a quick discussion of Kiva. Many of these smaller papers have die hard readers as well that are very loyal to the community based publications and the article would be less likely to be overlooked. Also they are often hurting more for articles and there is less competition to have a submission published, even if the papers are quite small. Many times they are more lenient on word length as well...I was able to post almost 700 words, although the other main papers limit public editorials to some 250-300 words.
As is evident here, getting information about Kiva at least into the hands of 200,000, where they can learn about Kiva with a chance turn of the page, would be quite a big deal. This paper only permits one submission per month, but Ill post if my next submission, about Kiva of course, is as successful as the first.
So just wanted to encourage people to look into alternative routes if the larger publications are leaving you disappointed. Its very empowering and inspiring to be given the opportunity to speak your mind to an audience like that.
