Let’s Have the Media Hear from Us
By OPEN
Silicon Valley, CA

We have all been asking ourselves the same question for the past month: How can we get them attention to keep the earthquake story alive in the news? National media outlets like USA Today get 800-1000 letters every week out of which they print a select few. So what would happen if a media outlet were to get 10,000 letters on the same topic within a few days?
Let’s try to get 10,000 people to send in letters over the next few days and it might just do the trick. And its very easy to do. This is how it works:
SAQUAKE.ORG (www.saquake.org) has installed a special software that will allow anyone to send a pre-written letter to five media outlets through a few clicks of the mouse. Simply go to the website (www.saquake.org) and enter your zip code. A list of all the national and local media outlets that cover your area will come up. You simply click the five media outlets of your choice and a pre-written letter (which you can edit or replace) will be sent to those media outlets by following a few simple steps. The entire process takes less than one minute. Since there are a large number of media outlets listed, you can repeatedly go to the website and send letters to five additional media outlets every time you do it.
Please concentrate our efforts and send letters to these five major news organizations:
1) New York Times
2) Washington Post
3) Wall Street Journal
4) USA Today
5) LA Times
Let’s have our collective voices heard in the media circles. And forward this e-mail to those you believe share your passion to make a difference.
SAQUAKE.ORG is an alliance of professional and non-profit organizations working jointly on aid relief efforts in the aftermath of the South Asian earthquake of October 8th, 2005. SAQUAKE.ORG issued an urgent appeal to national governments and organizations to send much-needed helicopters to northern Pakistan and Kashmir. This press release also serves as the announcement of the Alliance
www.opensiliconvalley.com
OPEN-SV (www.opensiliconvalley.com) is the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs and Professionals (OPEN). OPEN is a voluntary not-for-profit association dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship and professional success in the Pakistani-American community.



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