Submitting Story Ideas and News Releases
You may email story ideas and news releases to news@lafayette-online.com. Please send releases in either plain text (txt file), as a word document, or as a pdf. Be sure to include relevant contact information and event details when applicable. Feel free to include digital photos for use with the story. By submitting your news release and/or digital photos, you are granting Lafayette Online the right to publish, distribute, archive and use the work in print, electronic, online and other formats.
Guidelines for Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds
Letters to the Editor
We invite readers to share their thoughts with us by emailing us at news@lafayette-online.com . You must include your full name, street address, city, state, zipcode and phone number. We will strip out your address and phone number before posting your letter, but we do require that information to verify authenticity. Please keep your letter short and concise.By submitting a letter, you, the author, grant Lafayette Online the rights to publish, distribute, archive and use the work in print, electronic, online or other formats.
Op-Eds
Lafayette Online welcomes op-ed pieces, and requests that works be no more than 1500 words. Authors should include a small digital headshot, and a brief bio with their submission. Copy may be submitted in plain text, word document format, or as a PDF. By submitting your op-ed, you are granting Lafayette Online the right to publish, distribute, archive and use the work in print, electronic, online and other formats.Email your article, bio and headshot to: news@lafayette-online.com
Never written an op-ed before?
“An op-ed combines the timeliness of a news story with a personal voice. Op-eds should be readable and engaging. These are opinion pieces. They usually run 750-800 words. As op-eds are short, they are usually limited to making just a few main points.” — Guidelines for Writing Op-ed pieces, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/news/services/opedguide.htm
