Over 260,000 people read the Ventura County Star. That’s over half the number of registered voters in Ventura County! That’s many times more than the number of people that decide elections!
Compare marching to writing a letter. The influence on the media and the elected is potentially incomparable from writing a letter. Those who can only march, organize a march. Those who can write a letter need to write. It’s not hard, costs nothing and you don’t even have to leave home.
Even if our letters are not published, they inform the newspaper that we care.
If you have never written a Letter to the Editor, the following link is a 4 ½-minute how-to recording from CCL Communications Director Steve Valk:
Podcast: How to Construct a Letter to the Editor
VC Star
Civic leaders and elected officials read the VC Star to learn what the community is doing and what it cares about. Most of the VC Star‘s letters to the editor being printed right now have a conservative slant, often on relatively trivial subjects, sometimes supportive of all of the injustices flowing from the new administration, replete with the lamest arguments.
The editor wants better letters! They cannot print them if we don’t write them. Community leaders may think nobody cares enough about issues to write a couple hundred words why it’s important.
- Email: Send us an e-mail at letters@vcstar.com.This is the preferred method. Please note, we do not accept and will not open e-mails that include attachments. Please follow the guidelines detailed below.
- Mail or Fax: (805) 437-0211
- To send through the postal service: Editor’s Letters, Ventura County Star, P.O. Box 6006, Camarillo, CA 93011
Letter Writing Guidelines
- Keep letters short. No more than 300 words.
- Address only one topic in the letter. This will help keep it short.
- If the letter is in response to something published in The Star, please include the date the item appeared and the headline on the item.
- Most important, include your full name (not partial initials), full home street address and phone number on each letter you submit. E-mail addresses also are welcome. If your letter is published, you will only be identified by your name and city of residence.
- Remember, all letters are subject to editing.
The Acorn
Please use this form to submit your letter to the editor.
Letters are required to be 350 words or less.
The Acorn strives to publish all letters, but reserves the right to edit verbiage that appears to be redundant or inflammatory.
Letters also cannot promote or attack private businesses. A reader may submit only one letter per month.
Questions? Call 818-706-0266.
Thousand Oaks Acorn
Please use this form to submit your letter to the editor. Letters must not exceed 350 words and individuals cannot have more than one letter published within a four-week period. Letters must be received by 5 p.m. Sunday for publication the following Thursday. Holidays advance the deadline by 24 hours.
The Acorn strives to publish all letters, but reserves the right to edit verbiage that appears to be redundant or inflammatory. Letters also cannot promote or attack private businesses.
Camarillo Acorn
Please use this form here to submit your letter to the editor.
Letters are required to be 350 words or less.
The Camarillo Acorn strives to publish all letters, but reserves the right to edit verbiage that appears to be redundant or inflammatory.
Letters also cannot promote or attack private businesses. A reader may submit only one letter per month.
Questions? Call 805-484-1949.
Moorpark Acorn
Please use this form here to submit your letter to the editor.
Letters are required to be 350 words or less.
The Moorpark Acorn strives to publish all letters, but reserves the right to edit verbiage that appears to be redundant or inflammatory.
Letters also cannot promote or attack private businesses. A reader may submit only one letter per month.
Questions? Call 805-484-2403.
Simi Acorn
Please use the form below to submit your letter to the editor.
Letters are required to be 350 words or less.
The Acorn strives to publish all letters, but reserves the right to edit verbiage that appears to be redundant or inflammatory.
Letters also cannot promote or attack private businesses. A reader may submit only one letter per month.
Questions? Call 805-367-8232.
Ojai Valley News
Ojai Valley News: Submit a Letter to the Editor: We invite letters from the Ojai Valley, with preference for local topics. Letters are limited to 350 words. No advertisements or promotions, web addresses or profanity. Your name is required. Your phone and address are required for verification only. Letters are printed at the editorial board’s discretion.Submit letters online or to letters@ojaivalleynews.com By submitting your letter to letters@ojaivalleynews.com, you agree to publish your letter online and/or in our print edition – Letters form: Name, Address, Email, Phone Your text up to 2000 characters
Guest Editorial: A Guest Editorial (Op-Ed) is an essay expressing an often expert opinion of an author not affiliated with our editorial board. To have a longer letter considered by the editorial board please reach out to us to discuss your subject idea, or send your piece for our review. to: editor@ojaivalleynews.com; publisher@ojaivalleynews.com.
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