LETTERS TO THE EDITOR + OP-ED GUIDELINES FOR OHIO NEWSPAPERS
Writing Tips
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Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
Letters: Send emails without attachments to vop@thebeaconjournal.com . You must
include your name, address and phone number to be considered
for publication.
Circulation: Print: 99,298.
Op Eds: 500-750 words. Guidelines listed daily in print edition of paper. Author should
include bio. E-mail: vop@thebeaconjournal.com .
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) Circulation: Print: 168,511.
Letters: Limited to 100 words, submit via e-mail: letters@enquirer.com , mail:Cincinnati
Enquirer, Letters to the Editor, 312 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202, online form
athttp://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/EDIT0202/302160
003, or fax: (513) 768-8569. May be edited for space and clarity. Longer letters may be
considered for other features on the Editorial Page, Opinions Page, or in Sunday
Forum.
Op-Eds: 400-450 words. Use the same e-mail address as letters: letters@enquirer.com .
Require a photo and a two-line bio about the author in order to be published. Also
include a daytime phone number for the author.
The Columbus Dispatch (OH) Circulation: Print: 183,742.
Letters: 200 words or less. Typed submissions are preferred, all may be edited. Signature,
address, daytime phone numbers are required. Please specify a date if there’s a
reference to previous article on letters. Submit to letters@dispatch.com ; Mail: Letter
to the Editor, Columbus Dispatch, 34 S.3 rd St., Columbus, OH 43215; Fax: 614/4618793.Dispatch.com also posts letters that don’t make it to print in The Dispatch.
Contact Editorial Page Editor: Glenn Sheller with questions at 614-461-5072.
Op-Eds: Op-Eds: 700-800 words. Submit via e-mail to the Forum Page Editor
at forum@dispatch.com . No attachments. Fax: 614/461-8793.
Dayton Daily News (OH)
Letters: Include your full name and a daytime telephone number. Keep your submissions
to 250 words or fewer. To publish as many letters as possible, they may be edited. No
attachments, please. Online form:http://www.daytondailynews.com/opinion/65916.html.
Fax your letter to (937) 225-7302. Mail: Letters to the editor, 1611 S. Main St., Dayton,
OH 45409.
Op-Eds: 700-750 words, include daytime phone numbers with all submissions. Email: edletter@coxohio.com .
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Circulation: Print: 271,180
Letters: 200 words or less, include full contact information, submit via online
formhttp://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/letter-to-editor/, e-
mail: letters@plaind.com , mail to Letters to the Editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1801
Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114 or fax 216/999-6209. Longer letters may be
posted to the Letters Unlimited Blog at the editor’s discretion. Interested in only
local/regional writers.
Op-Eds: 700-word limit. Email submissions are preferred forum@plaind.com or mail/fax
to same information below. Include daytime telephone number. Letters are edited for
length and clarity. Interested in only local/regional writers.
Toledo Blade (OH)
Circulation: Print: 104,148.
Letters: for Readers’ Forum, should be limited to 300 words. Must include full name,
day phone and an address. Preference is given to short, succinctly expressed e-mails. Email (no attachments, plain text) all submissions to letters@theblade.com or fax to
419/724-6191.
Op-Eds: Saturday Essays: 1000-1100 words. Include full name, address and daytime
phone number. This requires a photo also and can be done via e-mail with JPEG format.
Use the same e-mail as letters to the editor with “op-ed” in the subject heading.