Letter Writing Tip

Share your thoughts with your local newspaper, your legislator or to Gov. Rick Snyder.

To the editor

Each newspaper has its own guidelines regarding word count and required information to publish a letter to the editor. You should check your local newspaper's guidelines before submitting a letter.  Contact info for a handful of Michigan's larger papers is listed below.  To get contact information for your local newspaper, click here. 

General guidelines about submitting letters to the editor: 
 Include your first name, middle initial and last name.  Letters without names are not used.
  1. Include the township, city or village you live in as well as a complete mailing address and day and evening telephone numbers for verification purposes.  Only your name and community you live in are published.  Newspapers are more likely to use letters from residents within their circulation area. 
  2. When responding to something published in a particular newspaper, include date the item was published, headline, and page number.
  3. Most newspapers limit writers to one published letter per month.
  4. Letters are subject to editing.


Sending your letter:  

Detroit Free Press
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Detroit News
Letters must be 250 words or fewer. Direct rebuttals to editorials may be up to 300 words.
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Fax: (313) 222-6417
Mail: The Detroit News, Letters, Editorial Page, 615 W. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48226

 

Lansing State Journal
Letters must be 150 words or fewer.
Fax: (517) 377-1298
Mail: Letters to the Editor, Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee St., Lansing, MI 48919
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Ann Arbor News

 

Flint Journal
Fax: (810) 767-7403
Mail: The Flint Journal, Your Views, 200 E. First St, Flint MI 48502-1925  

 

Jackson Citizen Patriot

 

Grand Rapids Press
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To your legislator

To find out which state Senator or Representative covers your district, click here.

Mail to any Representative can be sent to State Capitol, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI, 48909-7514.

Mail to any Senator can be sent to State Capitol, P.O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI, 48909-7536.


To Gov. Snyder

Letters to Gov. Snyder can be mailed to State Capitol, P.O. Box 30013, Lansing, MI, 48909.