ACTION IDEA #4:

CONTACT MEDIA

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

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

• TIME NEEDED FOR ACTION: 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 an article by Truthout.org , click here.  

    • For an article by Environmental Justice Atlas, click here. 

    • For an article by The Nation, click here.

    • For an article by Common Dreams, click here. 

    • For the "Our Island's Treasure" trailer, click here. 

  • Tag your local news stations and news papers.

  • Tag national news stations and news papers​​​

  • See the list below for reporters' names and emails from national news and newspapers.

  • Add "#riseforhenoko" to your posts to spread.​

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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 FOR ACTION: 15 minutes

• DO:

  • Create and submit your email.

  • See the list below for reporters' names and emails from national news and newspapers.

  • Post and share your letter with others.

  • Add "#riseforhenoko" to spread.

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

• TIME NEEDED FOR ACTION: 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 here on this link. 

  • Post and share.

  • Add "#riseforhenoko" to spread.

​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 a Letter to the Editor

CNN

• International Editor: Jonathan Hawkins

• Click here to contact

Common Dreams

• Senior Editor: Andrea Germanos

• Click here to contact

Democracy now!

• Host and Executive Producer: Amy Goodman

• Co-Host: Juan González

• Click here to contact

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

• Vice President/Editor: Frank Bridgewater

• Click here to contact

Huffington Post

• Editor-in-Chief: Lydia Polgreen

• Click here to contact

NBC News

• Executive Editor: Catherine Kim

• Click here to contact

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

• Editor: Don Shelton

• Click here to contact

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 contact

Truthdig

• Editor in Chief: Robert Scheer

• Click here to contact

Washington Post

• Senior Editor: Marc Fisher

• Click here to contact

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EXAMPLE LETTER to the media by Bill Bigelow of Portland, Oregon:

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