Electronic mail
June 16
Pricey Editor,
Commenting in your remark to Mr. Tony Holden’s letter (C.B. Information, June 14-20, 2024), through which you lamented the dying artwork of letter writing to newspapers and the few letters you obtain, I’ve a fairly fascinating story which I wish to share with the readers.
In mid Nineteen Eighties, I used to be appointed as a desk editor in an Arabic talking weekly journal. I used to be additionally given the Letter Pages to cope with, since they have been, in nature, associated to my job. They have been two pages that wanted to be stuffed with letters and the editor’s feedback. However, to my despair, there weren’t sufficient of them to fill the 2 pages. So, I got here up with an thought; I fabricated a letter containing a sure crucial situation, beneath the title of my 10-year-old daughter.
That did the trick. For the next week, letters arrived in a beneficial quantity, from readers who needed specific their opinions in the direction of that situation, particularly when raised by a feminine reader. Some even requested for the house handle of Ms Ali. To which, I replied, we don’t reveal private particulars of our readers.
In journalism, one needs to be resourceful.
Regards
Ezzeddin M. Ali
Egyptian journalist
