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Making Your Voice Heard: How to Write an Impactful Letter to the Editor or Op-Ed
Webinar Description
The opinion section of your local newspaper is one of the most influential spaces in your community. In these precarious times for refuges and conservation, if you have considered writing a letter to the editor, an op-ed or maybe even a blog post but didn’t know where to begin, this webinar will give you a start.
Webinar Recording & Slides(4.30.25)
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Presenters
- Matthew Emmer, President, Friends of the Savannah Coastal Wildlife Refuges. Board Member, Coalition of Refuge Friends and Advocates.
- Bill O’Brian writer-editor with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National Wildlife Refuge System from 2010 to 2023. Before that: journalist for three decades, including 23 years at the Washington Post, where for a time he edited letters to the editor and local op-eds.
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