A guide to letters to the editor
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The Pine Knot News encourages readers to participate on these pages. Let your voice be heard by following these basic guidelines:
• Letters to the editor should be kept to under 300 words.
Longer pieces could be considered for a guest commentary. Commentaries should be kept to around 600 words.
• If you write a guest commentary, be sure to include
some background information and any expertise you may have to lend credibility to your piece.
• Items dealing with local issues will take first priority.
• Letters over the word limits will be edited at the discretion
of the editor. That discretion could include allowing a piece to run long.
• Any reader comments should be respectful.
• The editor reserves the right to edit for clarity,
concision, grammar, newspaper style, libel and length.
• Letters and commentary must be original works by the author.
• Thank-you notes, congratulations or other form material will be sent to our advertising department for consideration.
• Include your name. Also include your address and telephone number for verification purposes only.
Only names and home cities will be published.
• No anonymous letters are allowed.
