ACTION IDEA #4:

CONTACT MEDIA

Urge them to cover what's happening in Henoko locally and nationally

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Via Kaiya Y, August 2018

Action #1: Tag news sources onto posts calling urgent attention to Henoko.

Time needed to complete: 10 minutes
DO:
- Post 1 or more of these articles and video on Henoko and the Okinawan people's fight to protect the ocean:
  - For article by Truthout.org , click HERE
  - For article by Environmental Justice Atlas, click HERE
  - For article by The Nation, click HERE
  - For article by Common Dreams, click HERE
  - For the "Our Island's Treasure" trailer, click HERE
- Tag your local news stations and newspapers.
- Tag national news stations and newspapers
- See the list at bottom of the page for reporters' names and emails from national news and newspapers.
- Post and share with "#riseforhenoko" to spread with others.

Action #2: Send a personalized email to a reporter from your local news/newspaper and/or a reporter from a national news/newspaper.

Time needed to complete: 15 minutes
DO:
- Create and submit your email.
- See the list at bottom of the page for reporters' names and emails from national news and newspapers.
- Post and share your letter with "#riseforhenoko" to spread with others.

Action #3: Write a Letter to the Editor for your local or national newspaper.

Time needed to complete: 15 minutes
DO:
- See example letters:
  - Letter to the Editor below by Portland writer and educator, Bill Bigelow, below
  - My own Letter to the Editor in the Oregonian (click HERE).
- Post and share with "#riseforhenoko" to spread with others.

POSSIBLE LIST OF NEWS SOURCES AND REPORTERS:

Al Jazeera English

Editor-in-Chief: Mostefa Souag
Click HERE to contact

AlterNet

Editor and Publisher: Roxanne Cooper
Click HERE to contact

Chicago Tribune

Editorial Page Editor: John McCormick
Click HERE to submit Letter to the Editor

CNN

Vice President of CNN International Communications: Jonathan Hawkins
Click HERE to email

Common Dreams

Senior Editor: Andrea Germanos
Click HERE to email

Democracy now!

Host and Executive Producer: Amy Goodman
Co-Host: Juan González
Click HERE to contact

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

New Managing Editor: Marsha McFadden
Click HERE to email

Huffington Post

Editor-in-Chief: Lydia Polgreen
Click HERE to contact

NBC News

Executive Editor: Catherine Kim
Click HERE to email

New York Times

Executive Editor: Dean Baquet
Click HERE to contact

NPR

International Correspondent: Deborah Amos
Click HERE to send a news tip

Seattle Times

Executive Editor: Michele Matassa Flores
Click HERE to email

Teen Vogue

Editor in Chief: Lindsay Peoples Wagner
Click HERE to contact

The Atlantic

Editor in Chief: Jeffrey Goldberg
Click HERE to contact

The New Yorker

Editor: David Remnick
Click HERE to contact

The Oregonian

Editor and VP of Content: Therese Bottomly
Click HERE to email

Truthdig

Editor in Chief: Robert Scheer
Click HERE to contact

Washington Post

Executive Editor: Martin Baron
Click HERE to email

EXAMPLE LETTER to the media (Action #3) by Bill Bigelow of Portland, Oregon:

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