I received the following reply from Sports Illustrated about
my letter-to-the-editor. We'll see what happens. I noticed this
week there were a number of letters about the Ali article - but
they all were about Howard Bingham, Ali's friend. Not one
mentioned Parkinson's.
But look at the instructions about submitting story
suggestions. Many of us have already written letters to
newspapers and magazines, but what about submitting story ideas
related to Parkinson's research funding to the national news
magazines? Or has this already been tried?
With the brewing political controversy over the HHS
Appropriations Bill, maybe there would be some interest at this
time. It seems most articles about this bill deal with the
proposed social service and education cuts, and the President's
threatened veto. I've seen little about its impact on medical
research, other than that NIH funding has been increased, and
certainly nothing about Parkinson's or the Udall Bill. Maybe some
of our writers on the list could think of some creative story
ideas that might get the attention of these magazines? Any
suggestions?
Linda Herman
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Subject: Re: Letters to SI
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 98 17:40:31 -0500
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Thank you for your e-mail to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.
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considered by the editors, provided the letter contains the full
name, address and telephone number of the writer.
*** Story suggestions are routed to the Articles Editor, and
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