E-Mail or Hard Copy?

[michael_walsh]

Wonder if anyone has any views on which is likely to have the best impact? An e-mailed intro / synopsis / article or the same sent by snail mail, hard copy?
I suppose for the convenience of both parties the e-mail is the clear winner. But one has no idea who reads the 'contact us' section. Worse, when it amounts to little boxes clearly set out to assist 'Letters to the Editor' or brief comment it hardly seems professional.
Seems to me to be a bit of a waste of time if an inappropriate person is going to be receiving and screening incoming mail.

[SmG]

Hi Michael,

I think the first thing I would do would be call the paper/station you're pitching to and find out who you should be emailing it to. That way - like you say, it's not lost in the "contact us" section - and perhaps the person will have a heads up it's coming, so not automatically delete it.

We've always been told when we're pitching only to include the idea, the hook etc... I wouldn't be sending anyone my articles before they have actually acknowledged a) i exist b) they want it!

Hope that helps... even if it is a bit delayed