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Letters to the Editor represent the voice of the readers.
The job of selecting among the vast array of mail falls to Matthew Bernstein,
editor of the letters page. Every letter sent by old-fashioned
"snail mail" is read by at least one member of the editorial department.
We require a full name and address as well as a phone number for
verification on all letters to be published, and make a special
effort to print letters by aggrieved parties named in Globe stories.
Otherwise standards for publishing letters have more to do with
length, balance and variety than with any particular slant or viewpoint.
Such
letters are limited to
200 words, are subject
to editing, and are not
guaranteed to appear in
the paper.
Letters to the editor appear every day on the editorial page,
since they, like the editorials, are
expressions of opinion. We get many more letters than space allows
us to print.
The Globe receives an average of 350 letters to the editor every
week and publishes only six or seven every day because of limited
space. Every other week a full page of letters is published.
Letters to the editor also appear every week in the regional sections
(e.g., GlobeSouth, GlobeWest) of the Boston Sunday Globe and once
a week in Sports.
Click here
to write a Letter to the Editor online.
To mail your letter:
Letters to the Editor
The Boston Globe
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
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