If you have decided to write a letter to the editor, just go ahead and do so; no preliminary queries are needed. My advice on writing any correspondence to a newspaper or a nursing journal/newspaper is to do a little research first. Most publications will tell you where, and sometimes to whom, you can send letters. The contact information is usually near the masthead of the publication or on the page where letters appear. My local newspaper includes contact information at the bottom of almost every article written by a staffer and by authors with syndicated columns. If they give you a name, use it. In general, you can type your comments into the e-mail message itself, without attaching a separate document. Make sure your letter is brief, to the point, and free of typos. Include your name, address, and contact information, as some publications will want to verify your comments with you before publishing. And this could be your first step down that publication road!
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