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Dissent Is Patriotic Contributors’ Guidelines

BORDC invites you to submit news on your grassroots activities to be published in the Grassroots News section of our monthly e-newsletter. Please read the following guidelines before writing and submitting your article(s). Thanks.

  • Articles should be 100-200 words. Please submit something close to the assigned word count. Your article may be edited for length.
  • Lead the article with what is new rather than a history of what has led up to the current situation. The history is important, but should come after the lead.
  • Use either past or present tense, but stick to one.
  • Use either first or third person narration, but stick to one.
  • Avoid passive language. For example, instead of “Jane Doe was kidnapped and transported to a detention center in another country by the CIA,” write “The CIA kidnapped Jane Doe and transported her to a detention center in another country.”
    Feel free to include url links for your article, such as a link to a news article, or to a website giving more information on your issue, or other links pertinent to the article.
  • Include a one-sentence bio of yourself, the url of your organization’s website, and the city and state of the activities.
  • Submit articles to Susan Heitker by emailing them to admin(at)bordc.org.

If you have questions, feel free to e-mail Susan at admin(at)bordc.org or call the office for guidance, 413-582-0110. Thanks.