This page was last updated on 3/14/07
In addition to the information below, there is a MASSIVE Western Massachusetts Media Guide at http://www.westernmassafsc.org/contacting/media2005.pdf which was created in 2005 but has not been recently updated.
The Athol Daily News
Country Journal
Greenfield Recorder
Amherst Bulletin
The Valley Advocate
Daily Hampshire Gazette
The Berkshire Eagle
The Republican
The Women's Times
West County News
Albany Times Union
Hartford Courant
Worcester Telegram and Gazette
Belchertown Sentinel
The Athol Daily News
225 Exchange St.
P.O. Box 1000
Athol, MA 01331
phone: (978) 249-3535
fax: (978) 249-9630
newsroom@atholdailynews.com
both street address & p.o. box required for mailing
name, phone # & address required
maximum length: 2 pages in Word, double spaced (20 column inches)
Country Journal
P.O. Box 429
Huntington, MA 01050
phone: (413) 667-3211
fax: (413) 667-3011
cojo@map.com
if using e-mail, send back-up hard copy with original signature, or
include electronic signature with phone # for verification
500 words or less
Greenfield Recorder
14 Hope Street
Greenfield, MA 01302
phone: (413) 772-0261
fax: (413) 774-5020
letters@recorder.com
always include name, address and telephone #
300 words or less
Amherst Bulletin (will not publish if there is a letter writing campaign)
100 University Drive
Amherst, MA 01002
phone: (413) 549-2000
fax: (413) 549-8181
Contact: Nick Grabbe
ngrabbe@gazettenet.com
e-mail preferred
400 words or less
The Valley Advocate
116 Pleasant St., Suite 335
Easthampton, MA 01027
phone: (413) 529-2840
fax: (413) 529-2834
Contact: Tom Vannah
editor@valleyadvocate.com
500 words or less
Daily Hampshire Gazette
115 Conz Street
Northampton, MA 01060
phone: (413) 584-5000
fax: (413) 585-5299
opinion@gazettenet.com
e-mail preferred
contact: Alan Lecker
phone # required for verification
300 words or less
200 words or less for letters about presidential election
The Berkshire Eagle
76 South Church St.
Pittsfield, MA 01202
phone: (413) 447-7311
fax: (413) 499-3419
letters@berkshireeagle.com
does not accept mass-generated letters
interested primarily in letters about local area issues
The Republican
1860 Main Street
Springfield, MA 01101
contact: Steve Smith
alternate: P.O. Box 2350
Springfield, MA 01102
phone: (413) 788-1345
fax: (413) 788-1302
letters@repub.com
e-mail preferred
must include address & phone #
no letters by or for political candidates
300 words or less
The Women's Times
P.O. Box 390
Great Barrington, MA 01230
ATTN: Editor
phone: (413) 528-5303, (413) 747-0866, (413) 585-0733
fax: (413) 528-8286
esills@thewomenstimes.com
West County News
P.O. Box 218
Shelburne Falls, MA 01320
phone: (413) 625-4660
fax: (413) 625-4661
wcnews@comcast.net
e-mail preferred
350 words or less
Albany Times Union
News Plaza Box 15000
Albany, NY 12212
contact: Howard Healy
518.454.569
link to send a letter to the editor:
http://www.timesunion.com/forms/emaileditor.asp
Hartford Courant
286 Broad Street
Hartford, CT 06115
Contact: Bob Schrepf
860.241.6200 (main)
860.241.6747 (news)
link to send a letter to the editor:
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/thc-letters,0,1754910.customform
Worcester Telegram and Gazette
POB 15012
Worcester, MA 01615
Contact: George French
508.793.9100
Belchertown Sentinel
POB 601
Belchertown, MA 01007
Contact: Debbi Strauss
413.323.5999
fax: 413.323.9424