Network/Cable Television
ABC
ABC News
77 W. 66 St., New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-7777
General e-mail:
netaudr@abc.com
Nightline:
nightline@abcnews.com
20/20:
2020@abc.com
CBS
CBS News
524 W. 57 St., New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-975-4321
Fax: 212-975-1893
Email forms for all CBS news
programs
CBS Evening News with Dan
Rather:
evening@cbsnews.com
The Early Show:
earlyshow@cbs.com
60 Minutes II:
60II@cbsnews.com
48 Hours:
48hours@cbsnews.com
Face The Nation:
ftn@cbsnews.com
CNN
CNN
One CNN Center, Box 105366,
Atlanta, GA 30303-5366
Phone: 404-827-1500
Fax: 404-827-1906
Email forms for all CNN news
programs
Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 301-3000
Fax: (212) 301-4229
comments@foxnews.com
List of Email addresses for all
Fox News Channel programs
Special Report with Brit
Hume:
Special@foxnews.com
FOX Report with Shepard Smith:
Foxreport@foxnews.com
The O'Reilly Factor:
Oreilly@foxnews.com
Hannity & Colmes:
Hannity@foxnews.com,
Colmes@foxnews.com
On the Record with Greta:
Ontherecord@foxnews.com
NBC
NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
10112
Phone: 212-664-4444
Fax: 212-664-4426
List of Email addresses for all
NBC news programs
NBC Nightly News with Tom
Brokaw:
nightly@nbc.com
NBC News' Today:
today@nbc.com
Dateline NBC:
dateline@nbc.com
MSNBC
One MSNBC Plaza
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: (201) 583-5000
Fax: (201) 583-5453
world@msnbc.com
List of Email addresses for all
MSNBC news programs
Hardball with Chris
Matthews:
hardball@msnbc.com
MSNBC Reports with Joe
Scarborough:
msnbcreports@msnbc.com
CNBC
2200 Fletcher Ave.
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Phone: (201) 585-2622
Fax: (201) 583-5453
info@cnbc.com
List of Email addresses for all
CNBC news programs
PBS
PBS
1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria,
VA 22314
Phone: 703-739-5000
Fax: 703-739-8458
The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer:
newshour@pbs.org
National Radio Programs
NPR
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20001-3753
Phone: 202-513-2000
Fax: 202-513-3329
E-mail: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ombudsman
ombudsman@npr.org
All Things Considered:
atc@npr.org
Morning Edition:
morning@npr.org
Talk Of The Nation:
totn@npr.org
List of Email addresses for all
NPR news programs
Rush Limbaugh
The Rush Limbaugh Show
1270 Avenue of the Americas, NY
10020
Phone: 800-282-2882
Fax: 212-563-9166
E-mail:
rush@eibnet.com
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity Show
E-mail: Phil Boyce, Program
Director
National Newspapers
Los Angeles Times
202 West First Street, Los
Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 800-528-4637 or
213-237-5000
Fax: 213-237-4712
Letters to the Editor:
letters@latimes.com
Readers' Representative:
readers.rep@latimes.com
New York Times
229 W. 43rd St., New York, NY
10036
Phone: 212-556-1234
Fax: 212-556-3690
D.C. Bureau phone: 202-862-0300
Letters to the Editor (for
publication):
letters@nytimes.com
Write to the news editors:
nytnews@nytimes.com
NYTimes Contact Information by
Department
How to Contact NYTimes Reporters
and Editors
USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean,
VA 22108
Phone: 800-872-0001 or
703-854-3400
Fax: 703-854-2165
Letters to the Editor:
editor@usatoday.com
Give Feedback to USA Today
Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty St., New York, NY
10281
Phone: 212-416-2000
Fax: 212-416-2658
Letters to the Editor:
wsj.ltrs@wsj.com
Comment on News Articles:
wsjcontact@dowjones.com
Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW, Washington,
DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax: 202-334-5269
Letters to the Editor:
letters@washpost.com
Ombudsman:
ombudsman@washpost.com
Contact Washington Post Writers
and Editors
Magazines
Newsweek
251 W 57th Street, New York, NY
10019
Phone: 212-445-4000
Fax: 212-445-5068
Letters to the Editor:
letters@newsweek.com
Time Magazine
Time & Life Bldg., Rockefeller
Center, New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-522-1212
Fax: 212-522-0323
Letters to the Editor
letters@time.com
U.S. News & World Report
1050 Thomas Jefferson St.,
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-955-2000
Fax: 202-955-2049
Letters to the Editor
letters@usnews.com
News Services / Wires
Associated Press
50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York,
NY 10020
Phone: 212-621-1500
Fax: 212-621-7523
General Questions and
Comments:
info@ap.org
Reuters
Three Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 646-223-4000
United Press International
1510 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: 202.898.8000
FAX: 202.898.8057
Comment and Tips:
tips@upi.com
FAIR wants to hear about your
media activism. Please send copies
of your letters to journalists to
FAIR
112 W. 27th St.
New York, NY 10001
fair@fair.org
We can't always respond, but we
look at everything.
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Airing
your own Program or Video
Research your local city to find
out if you have any Public
broadcasting. (in Canada CBC is
really great this way, especially
radio)
Most Cable public access channels
have a public service shows
and announcements. They usually are
in need of material and welcome new
material. You must though be a
resident of the area and not all
cable companies carry public stuff
anymore and have opted out for
paying customers.
Visit your stations and ask for a
submission form and list of
guidelines from the programming
manager. Explain how you will
promote the program. The station may
appreciate more viewers
Remember publicity is free and
effective
Advertising cost and is less
effective
The Public broadcasting
departments of the media may be
willing to air your videos, events
etc., especially if you have a
recognized high profile member of
the community in attendance.
Get in touch with the programming
manager of your Public Broadcasting
media. Explain your position, your
program, video or your event. Give
them supporting material. Invite
them to cover meetings of your
organization.
Get a written commitment to air
your video or event. Give them lots
of contact information. Keep in
regular contact with the station.
promote the station.
If your public broadcasting media
decline your offer, do not give up.
start a letter writing campaign
supporting airing of your program or
event. Show them in a positive way
that the community supports you.
For an
in-depth guide, contact: The Video
Project, 5332 College Ave., Suite
101, Oakland, CA 94618 415-655-9050
and ask for "How to Get
Environmental and Peace Films on
Local TV."
You can create your own
programming or air a pre-produced
video, many of which are available
from alternative TV organizations.
(Paper
Tiger Television
has an entire library of programs
that activists can air on cable
access. You can contact them at
212-420-9045, or write to 339
Lafayette St. NY, NY 10012.
Free Speech TV provides weekly
progressive programming for cable
access channels: Call 303-442-5693,
or write P.O. Box 6060, Boulder, CO
80306.)
DO NOT MAKE
ANY AGREEMENTS TO AIR VIDOES AND
PROGRAMS YOU HAVE NOT PRODUCED. GET
PERMISSION FROM PRODUCERS OF ALL
VIDEOS AND PROGRAMS.
Check the technical requirements
of the station. Do they require 1/2
inch or 3/4 inch VHS? Note deadlines
and what type of messages are
prohibited. For instance, most
channels will not allow programs to
include any kind of fundraising
pitch or message that could be
construed as a commercial. Usually a
program can include the name,
address and phone number of the
organization which produced the
video or of a local contact. Some
organizations even offer free
organizing kits, prizes or other
such gimmicks to increase their
response rate. Producers can often
add such a message at the end or cut
out a fundraising pitch if they need
to.
List the program in mainstream
and alternative newspapers, local TV
or cable guides, and the cable
bulletin board. See if you can get
on a local radio show to discuss the
program or call in to a local
talk show on a related issue. If you
have access to a mailing list of
people interested in the issue, send
a postcard describing the program,
mentioning the air date and time and
encouraging viewers to call the
station after the show to voice
their appreciation. Remember: Begin
weeks before the actual airing of
the program, because TV guides and
media outlets have their own
deadlines to deal with.
"Cable Access:
Community Channels and Productions
for Non-Profits," from the Benton
Foundation, 1720 Rhode Island Ave.
NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036,
or call 202-857-7829.
Video
House Party
A good way to educate your
community while raising money for your local media activist
group is to organize house parties
or community showings of relevant
programs. These can be either video
screenings or group viewings of a
program that people in the community
have gotten aired on the cable
access channel.
Have everyone sign a sign-up
sheet as they arrive. Serve
refreshments, and let people chat.
After the film, allow time for
people to voice their reactions to
the film and discuss what to do
about the issues. Group discussions
serve to move people to action as
well as make the evening more
interesting and fun.
Pass out pens, paper and
envelopes. If you have watched a
program airing on cable access or
PBS, ask people to write the
channels to voice their appreciation
of the program. Depending on the
issue, you might have them write
their legislators, a television
network or a specific program.
Collect the letters on the spot and
mail them
yourself.
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