[Esip-preserve] potential NYT editorial on data

[Joe Hourcle]

On Thu, 4 May 2017, Matthew Mayernik via Esip-preserve wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have not heard from the NYT, so according to their auto-response we can
> assume they do not want it. Any suggestions for next steps? EOS is an
> obvious possibility, but anybody want to argue for something else?
> Matt

No specific ideas, unfortunately, but I think it needs to go into a 
periodical that's not focused on scientists -- as that's just preaching to 
the choir.

Washington Post might get it into the eyes of more people, but it's 
considered to have a liberal bent, so might get dismissed without reading 
from the folks currently in power.


I think the Washington Times takes editorials.  I know one person there, 
as she used to cover our town back before I was Town Commissioner ... but 
I haven't seen her in ~9 years or so ... and she covers crime & such:

 	http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/andrea-noble/

... I'm afraid they might be a little *too* conservative to accept it, 
based on the "most popular" stuff they have in the sidebar right now.


I don't read it, but supposedly 'The Hill' is read by a lot of members of 
Congress.  They have a form if you want to be a 'contributor' :

 	http://thehill.com/contributor-application-form


There's also Politico, The Atlantic ... but I don't know if they take 
editorials.  I know that WTOP and Federal News Radio don't.

-Joe



> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Matthew Mayernik <mayernik at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thanks all. I did submit the article this afternoon. The submitted doc is
>> attached for your reference. I added a basic preliminary title, but the NYT
>> op-ed guidance says that NYT will choose the title, so that's not
>> important. They sent me an auto-response that said that we should know
>> within 3 business days, and that if we don't hear by then, we can assume
>> they don't want it and submit elsewhere.
>>
>> Thanks again for all of your input,
>> Best,
>> Matt
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Parsons, Mark <parsom3 at rpi.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Well done, sir. You demonstrated exemplary inclusivity, leadership, and
>>> compelling writing.
>>>
>>> fingers crossed.
>>>
>>> -m.
>>>
>>> On Apr 28, 2017, at 19:34, Matthew Mayernik via Esip-preserve <
>>> esip-preserve at lists.esipfed.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Thanks for all of your input. I've gone through your comments and edits
>>> and have a much improved draft. As I mentioned, I think timeliness is more
>>> important than the exact wording at this point, so I'd like to call it good
>>> enough, and ready to submit. I'll try to get it in today, not soon enough
>>> for this weekend, but potentially for next week if they like it.
>>>
>>> Also, I've had a few side conversations about authorship. I don't know
>>> NYT policies on authorship, but if they accept, I will work with them to
>>> find some way to indicate the group authorship, either in the by-line or as
>>> an added sentence somewhere.
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Matthew Mayernik <mayernik at ucar.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I've put together a potential submission to the New York Times as a
>>>> follow-on to our data rescue document. Mark Parsons and Ruth Duerr provided
>>>> a very helpful first edit.
>>>>
>>>> Given that the chances of being accepted are very slim, and largely
>>>> hinge on the timeliness of the topic, at this point I'd ask that you focus
>>>> any feedback on 1) factual corrections, and/or 2) key calls to action, e.g.
>>>> what would we hopefully want people to do as a result of reading the
>>>> article. If it is accepted, the NYT would have major input in the final
>>>> column, so wordsmithing at this stage isn't necessary. For these reasons, I
>>>> made the doc comment-only.
>>>>
>>>> Please do send any objections, however, to the idea of doing a NYT
>>>> editorial in the first place.
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SGJnqaSqOK8UGsTATAicyTH_
>>>> W5rmBW6lSSZ8vLvN4iA/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>
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