Media Response Team

"Publishing the facts on animal suffering."

Our Mission

The CAA Media Response Team encourages coverage of factory farming through positive praise, and writes letters to the editor and op-ed pieces. Our emphasis is on local media and factory farming issues. We meet regularly to share ideas and veg food, and we coordinate our efforts through the writers' listserv. The group offers a fun way for anyone interested in writing to get involved, meet great people, and help the animals!

Our Methods

Letters to the Editor

Using the news monitoring resources listed below, writers share articles with each other and respond to them with short letters (100-250 words).

Op-Eds

Writers work with one another to craft longer pieces (500-900 words) for submission to various publications.

Positive Praise

One of the best and easiest ways to encourage factory farming coverage is to thank the media when they do things right.

Our Successes

We have had many pieces published in various publications.

Resources

These services help us monitor factory farming in the news:

• DawnWatch - www.DawnWatch.com
• GoogleNews - news.google.com (create your own alerts with key words)
• AR-News - www.ar-news.org
• COK Writers Group Listserv - www.cok.net/camp/writers
• Farmed Animal Watch - www.farmedanimal.net

Help with writing:

• This site by PETA gives tips on how to write letters.
• Tips on writing op-eds from DePaul

Facts on factory farming:

• Vegan Outreach - www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan
• CAA - www.exploreveg.org/issues
• Compassion in World Farming (International Focus) - www.ciwf.org/publications
• Fact Sheet - "Factory Farming: Mechanized Madness" (pdf)

Get involved!

Help is needed writing letters, crafting op-eds, and submitting already written pieces to your local media.

To subscribe to our listserv, visit: https://lists.exploreveg.org/mailman/listinfo/writers

For more information or to join the group formally, contact us at volunteer@ExploreVeg.org.