{"id":19,"date":"2026-10-26T22:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/sample-letters-to-the-editor-how-to-choose-and-edit-them\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T22:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:46:08","slug":"sample-letters-to-the-editor-how-to-choose-and-edit-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/sample-letters-to-the-editor-how-to-choose-and-edit-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample: Letters to the editor: how to choose and edit them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A letters page tells readers that the paper is listening. It also needs rules.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple rules that work<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Ask for a real name and a way to confirm it.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Set a word limit and tell writers up front.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Edit for length and clarity, never to change the meaning.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publish a mix of views, including those you disagree with.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-muted-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sample content that ships with the starter site. Edit or delete it and write your own.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sample piece about running a letters page that stays fair and readable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.themesation.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}