Parting Thoughts

If you use mail merge to send a letter to multiple editors, make sure you don’t make such mistakes as getting a “Mr.” mixed up with a “Ms.” Also remember your audience, the same pitch won’t work with the editor of a Sunday paper and a girls’ magazine. Write an appropriate base letter for each category.

Strongly consider including your phone number, especially if you are writing to a paper in your region. Reporters will want to interview fans, and with phone numbers we provide an immediate pool of sources.

If you can afford it, send copies of the comic. We should keep track at the message board of who has sent comics to which publications, just to make sure we’re spreading it around.

The following list is broken down into major daily newspapers, general magazines, comic magazines and girls’ magazines. Write to as many as you can, and do it quickly. We have less than a month until the trade paperback appears.

OK, Spider-Girl fans. Let’s make history. Again.

Media Contacts

Newspapers LOS ANGELES TIMES: Lennie LaGuire Entertainment Editor Los Angeles Times 202 W. First St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 DENVER POST: Ed Smith Entertainment Editor The Denver Post 1560 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80202-1577 THE WASHINGTON POST: John Pancake Style/Arts Editor The Washington Post 1150 15th St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20071 MIAMI HERALD: Enrique Fernandez Entertainment Editor Miami Herald 1 Herald Plaza Miami, FL 33132 ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: Ellen Voss Entertainment/Features Editor The Atlanta Journal-Constitution P.O. Box 4689 Atlanta, GA 30302 CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Christine Ledbetter Features Editor Chicago Sun-Times 401 N. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Scott L. Powers Entertainment Editor Chicago Tribune 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 Denise Joyce Q Editor Chicago Tribune 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 INDIANAPOLIS STAR: Zach Dunkin Arts and Entertainment Editor The Indianapolis Star P.O. Box 145 Indianapolis, IN 46206 PIONEER PRESS: Heidi Raschke Senior Editor, Arts and Entertainment Pioneer Press 345 Cedar St. St. Paul, MN 55101 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: Cliff Froelich Editor, Get Out St. Louis Post-Dispatch 900 N. Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. 63101 NEWSDAY: Cheryl Kushner Entertainment Editor Newsday 235 Pinelawn Road Melville, NY 11747-4250 NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Robert Heisler Entertainment Editor 450 W. 33rd St. New York, NY 10001 THE PLAIN DEALER: Elizabeth McIntyre Entertainment Editor The Plain Dealer 1801 Superior Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114-2198 THE OREGONIAN: Jolene Krawczak Senior Editor, Features The Oregonian 1320 S.W. Broadway Portland, OR 97201. PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS: Theresa Johnson Features Editor Philadelphia Daily News P.O. Box 7788 Philadelphia, PA 19101 PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: Alan Walton Entertainment Editor Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 34 Blvd. of the Allies Pittsburgh, PA 15222 HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Lindsay Heinsen Arts and Entertainment Editor Houston Chronicle P.O. Box 4260 Houston, TX 77210 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: Duston Harvey Arts and Entertainment Editor P.O. Box 1909 Seattle WA 98111-1909 MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: Diane Bacha Entertainment and Features Editor Milwaukee Journal Sentinel P.O. Box 37 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0371. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL: Frank Fertado Features Editor Las Vegas Review-Journal P.O. Box 70 Las Vegas, NV 89125 KANSAS CITY STAR: Mary Lou Nolan Features Managing Editor The Kansas City Star 1729 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM: Rick Press Features Editor Fort Worth Star-Telegram 400 W. Seventh Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 ORLANDO SENTINEL: Kim Marcum Associate Managing Editor, Features The Orlando Sentinel 633 N. Orange Ave. Orlando, FL 32802 THE HARTFORD COURANT: Gina Seay Deputy Features Editor The Hartford Courant 285 Broad St. Hartford, CT 06115 EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE: Sam Mittlesteadt Assistant Features Editor East Valley Tribune 120 W. First Ave. Mesa, AZ. 85210 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Yvonne Zipp Features Editor The Christian Science Monitor 1 Norway St. Boston, MA 02115 USA TODAY: Susan Weiss Managing Editor/Life USA Today 7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean, VA 22108-0605 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Eric Gibson Leisure and Arts Editor The Wall Street Journal 200 Liberty St. New York, NY 10281

General Magazines NEWSWEEK: Jeff Giles Arts and Entertainment Editor Newsweek P.O. Box 2120 Radio City Station New York, NY 10101-2120 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Thom Geier Books Editor Entertainment Weekly 1675 Broadway New York, NY 10019 CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS: Matthew Flamm Media Reporter Crain's New York Business 711 Third Ave. New York, NY 10017-4036 SALON: Kerry Lauerman Arts and Entertainment Editor Salon.com 41 E. 11th St. 11th floor New York, NY 10003 SLATE: Meghan O’Rourke Culture Editor Slate 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA WEEKEND: Casey Shaw Creative Manager USA Weekend 7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean, VA 22107 PARADE: Lee Kravitz Editor Parade 711 Third Ave. New York, NY, 10017 Comic Book Media WIZARD: Brian Cunningham Wizard Editorial Department 151 Wells Ave. Congers, NY 10920-2064 COMIC BUYERS GUIDE: Maggie Thompson Comic Buyers Guide 700 E. State St. Iola, WI 54990 COMICS & GAMES RETAILER: John Miller Comics & Games Retailer 700 E. State St. Iola, WI 54990 COMIC SHOP NEWS: Cliff Biggers Comic Shop News 2770 Carillon Crossing Marietta, GA 30066 CINESCAPE: Arnold T. Blumberg Senior Editor Cinescape 12456 Ventura Blvd. Suite 2 Studio City, CA 91604 CINEFANTASTIQUE: Edward Gross Senior Editor Cinefantastique P.O. Box 34425 Los Angeles, CA 90034-0425 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND (TV show): Victor Lucas Executive Producer Electric Playground No. 320-611 Alexander St. Vancouver, BC V6A-1E1 Canada Magazines for Young Women SEVENTEEN: Holly Eagleson Associate Editor/Entertainment Seventeen Magazine 850 Third St. New York, NY 10022 TEEN: Jane Fort Editor in Chief Teen 3000 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite 3048 Santa Monica, CA 90405 J-14: Danielle Chiara Features Editor J-14 Magazine P.O. Box 1990 Marion, OH 43306-8090 GL (Girls' Life): Kim Childress Books Editor Girls’ Life 4517 Harford Road Baltimore, MD 21214 TEEN PEOPLE: Laura Morgan Entertainment Director Teen People P.O. Box 999 Radio City Station NY, NY 10101-0999 AMERICAN GIRL: Kristi Thom Executive Editor American Girl 8400 Fairway Place Middleton, WI 53562 DISCOVERY GIRLS: Naomi Kirsten Features Editor Discovery Girls 4300 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 190 San Jose, CA 95129 YM: Alyssa Vitrano Entertainment Director YM 15 E. 26th St. New York, NY 10010-1505 BRIO: Susie Shellenberger Editor Brio Magazine 8605 Explorer Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (Note: This is a Christian magazine aimed at girls.) JUSTINE: Jana Pettey Publisher/Editorial Director Justine 6263 Poplar Ave. Suite 430 Memphis, TN 38119 Children’s Magazines DISNEY ADVENTURES: Amy Weingartner Executive Editor\Editorial 114 Fifth Ave. NY, NY 10011-5690 TIME OUT NEW YORK KIDS: Barbara Aria Editor Time Out New York Kids 475 Tenth Avenue 12th Floor New York, NY 10018 TIME FOR KIDS: Claudia Walls Managing Editor Time for Kids 1271 Sixth Ave. 25th Floor New York, NY 10020

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