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Article: Editorial boards: the power of influence: winning an endorsement from a newspaper editorial board can spur public support for an issue or even change a candidate's political fate.(TOOLS OF THE TRADE)
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- State Legislatures
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- October 1, 2005
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Trying to persuade an editorial board can be intimidating if you don't understand the process and know very little about the people who make the decisions. As Mark Twain said, "Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel." Politicians and advocacy groups, however, can succeed in convincing editorial boards to support a particular position.
Who makes up editorial boards? Members of a newspaper editorial board are select members of a newspaper's staff who decide the paper's editorial positions. For smaller newspapers, the publisher may be the one who makes those decisions. Typically, the news side of the newspaper and the editorial staff maintain a wall of ...