[COMM-ORG] How to get the NY Times to publish more stories about organizing

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From: Peter Dreier <dreier at oxy.edu>

Friends,

The New York Times editors were reluctant to give this great story (in 
Sunday’s paper) on young community organizers much space. But the 
reporter, Sara Rimer, did a great job. If you want to encourage the 
Times to run more stories on organizing, please go to this web address 
(Rimer's story), and email as many copies as you can to as many people 
as you can. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/fashion/12organizer.html

It turns out that the Times closely monitors reader interest in this 
way. So if they see lots of email traffic, the editors will assume its a 
"hot" topic and devote more stories and space to it.

Thanks.



Peter



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Peter Dreier

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics

Director, Urban & Environmental Policy Program

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA 90041

Phone: (323) 259-2913

Email: dreier at oxy.edu

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