Submissions to The Citizen, Guidelines and Policies

August 4, 2012

The Bedford Citizen exists to bring community news to our town in the most civil and even-handed way possible. We aim to generate conversation about important issues facing the town both through Letters to the Editor and comments on specific articles. While we welcome these voices, we also request that contributors join in our commitment to a civil tone.

To facilitate this goal and guide our decision-making, we have adopted several policies that are noted in this article, and are also posted on the “About Us” page of our website.

 Articles: Full-length articles will be considered for publication. Articles are factual reports and do not express or convey the opinion of the author. The information contained should be researched and accurate. Documentation of sources may be requested. Articles must be proofread for grammatical and spelling errors. Persons submitting articles must include their name, street address, and telephone number or email address with a submission.

Guidelines for submissions: We reserve the right to edit submissions to the newspaper. Persons must include their name, street address, and telephone number or email address with all submissions. We will verify submissions with the author before publication. Decisions as to publication of submissions are the sole decision of the editors. Views expressed in submissions to the newspaper are those of the author and not necessarily those of the newspaper.

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Photographs: We will consider photographs for publication. We will not substantially alter photographs except as necessary for publication. Digital photographs are preferred. Please contact editor for submission of non-digital photographs. Persons submitting photographs must include their name, street address, and telephone number or email address with each submission.

Literary Contributions: Fiction, short stories, poetry and like items will be considered for publication. Persons submitting content of a literary nature must include their name, street address, and telephone number or email address with each submission. Submissions must be proofread for grammatical and spelling errors by the author. Please state whether your submission has been published previously and any terms under which the submission was published.

Letters the Editor: Your opinions are welcome. Authors must include their name, street address, and telephone number or email address with every letter. Email letters are preferred. Letters sent via US mail should be sent P.O. Box 212, Bedford, MA 01730. We will not publish the email address, phone number, or street addresses of an author of letters to the editor. Letters should be less than 350 words. Personal attacks, defamation of character and/or libelous or slanderous material will not be printed. We reserve the right to limit the number of letters published on a single topic or by an individual reader. Views expressed in letters are those of the authors and are not those of the newspaper.

Guidelines for Letters to the Editor: No personal attacks or profanity.-Keep it short and specific. Local or current issues preferred.

Online comments: Reader comments on specific articles are allowed, but are posted at the discretion of the editor. If the comment includes crude words or phrases we will not edit; we simply don’t post the comment. The same applies to insults, comments in poor taste, and personal or gratuitous attacks. Please use upper and lower case, (that is, NO SHOUTING.)

Community notices and event listings: We reserve the right to edit community notices. Author’s name, street address, and telephone number or email address must be included so that we can verify your notice before it is published. Community notices are printed on a space-available basis and the decision to publish them is the sole decision of the editors. Event details in community notices are responsibility of the author and not necessarily those of the newspaper. For event notices, please include the event name, date, time, location, admission fee (if any), age level, whether the venue is handicapped accessible and the contact.

Feedback: To reach us please contact: [email protected] or call 781-325-8606.You may file submissions online at:  [email protected]

Corrections: The newspaper regrets any errors it makes and will publish corrections promptly after notification.

Privacy: We do not and will not release your personal information to a third party without your consent. However, we may share general information about how people use the website and newspaper without identifying specific persons.

Protection of minors: We will limit the use of names and addresses where we deem it appropriate, especially as it applies to minors.

Disclaimer: The newspaper disclaims all legal and financial responsibility for its errors or omissions in content.

Copyright notice: No portion of this The Bedford Citizen may be reproduced without the express consent of the publishers. Please state whether your submission has been published before and any terms under which the submission was published.

[Our thanks to The Forum of Deerfield, NH upon whose policies these are based.]

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