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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