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Do you have a complaint about how adoption is portrayed in news and entertainment programs? Do you think some programming deserves praise for its accurate coverage of adoption? Here is a list of addresses for news, broadcasting, and feature film media. While we have tried to list individual emails or emails designed for viewer/reader feedback, some can only be reached through their web site. In those cases, we've listed both the web address and the URL for feedback.


Tips for complaining: No flaming, please. Be polite and lay out your reasoned argument as to why they should change. The Institute for Adoption Information has material to help you with that including "Why You Should Understand Adoption," and the "Suggested Adoption Language for Media Stylebooks". Praise what they did right in their coverage.

The Institute for Adoption Information has written or will be writing letters which can be used by others. Please feel free to borrow language from these letters to get your point across or to help you craft your own letters. They can be viewed by clicking on Letters to the Media. Here are some suggestions you can give to those you write to aid them in using positive adoption language, entitled, "Handy Guide To Constructive Adoption Language."


If you have corrections or suggestions for additions to this list email us at info@adoptioninformationinstitute.org and we'll try to research contact names, addresses, phone numbers and emails and add them to the list.

 ABC

 ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)

 CBS

 

COPLEY NEWS SERVICE

 

COX NEWSPAPERS

 

DISNEY

  FOX

 

GANNETT NEWS SERVICE

 HALLMARK CHANNEL

HBO

HEARST

KING FEATURES

  

KNIGHT RIDDER/TRIBUNE

 LIFETIME

 NBC

 

NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

 

NEWSWEEK 

 

NEW YORK TIMES 

 

OPRAH WINFREY SHOW 

 

PAX 

 

PBS 

DR. PHIL

SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS 

Sony Pictures Entertainment

SYNDICATED NEWS SERVICE

TIME

TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES 

UNITED MEDIA SERVICES 

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (UPI) 

 

USA NETWORK
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 

WASHINGTON POST 

WB TELEVISION 













ABC TELEVISION
Audience Relations
77 W 66th St
New York, NY 10019
212-456-7777
http://abc.go.com
Email: netaudr@abc.com


Barbara Walters Specials
Barwall Productions
Barbara Walters, 212-456-7070
320 W 66th St 2nd Fl
New York, NY 10023
212-456-0700
Email: 20/20@abcnews.com


Good Morning America
Executive Producer
147 Columbus Ave
New York, NY 10023
212-456-5900
Email: abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html


20/20 & Primetime
Senior Executive Producer
147 Columbus Ave
New York, NY 10023
212-456-2020
Email: 2020@abcnews.com


Nightline
Executive Producer
1717 DeSales St NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-222-7000
www.nightline.abcnews.com
Email: abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html


World News Tonight
Executive Producer
47 W 66th St
New York, NY 10023
212-456-4040
Email: abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html


ASSOCIATED PRESS
Managing Editor
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
212-621-1500
www.ap.org
Email: info@ap.org


CBS TELEVISION
524 W 57th St
New York, NY 10019
www.cbs.com
Email: www.cbs.com & click on "feedback" at bottom of page.


CBS Evening News
Dan Rather, Anchor
212-975-3691
Email: evening@cbsnews.com or weekends@cbsnews.com


CBS The Early Show

Senior Executive Producer
212-975-2824
Email: www.cbs.com & click on "feedback" at bottom of page.


48 Hours
Executive Editor
212-975-4848
Email: 48hours@cbsnews.com


60 Minutes
Executive Producer
555 W 57th St
New York, NY 10019-2985
212-975-2000
Email: www.cbs.com & click on "feedback" at bottom of page.


CNN
President-Newsgathering and Chief News Executive
One CNN Center
PO Box 105366
Atlanta, GA 30348
404-827-1500
Email: community@cnn.com


COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
Editorial Director
PO Box 120190
San Diego, CA 92112-0190
619-293-1818
www.copleynews.com
Email: infofax@copleynews.com


COX NEWSPAPERS
President
1400 Lake Hearn Dr
Atlanta, GA 30319
404-843-5000
Email: jay.smith@cox.com


DISNEY CORPORATION & DISNEY CHANNEL
The Walt Disney Studios
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-2609
818-560-1000
Email: disney.go.com/disneylearning/teachercenter/main/talktous.html

Disney Channel
500 S. Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521-9722
818-560-1000
Email: studio.go.com/cgi-bin/gmail/gereric-mail.cgi?template=contactus/contact.tpl


FOX TELEVISION
President-Entertainment Fox Broadcasting
Executive VP-Programming
10201 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035
310-369-1000


Fox News Channel
1211 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10036
212-556-2500
www.foxnews.com
Email: comments@foxnews.com


Fox Family Channel
President, Fox Family & Fox Kids Network
10960 Wiltshire Blvd, Ste 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90035
310-235-9700
Viewer Relations: 877-983-2645
www.foxfamilychannel.com
Email: www.foxfamilychannel.com/corporate/feedback.asp


GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
Editor
1000 Wilson Blvd 10th FL
Arlington, VA 22229
703-276-5800
www.gannett.com
Email: gcishare@info.gannett.com

 

HALLMARK CHANNEL
President
Crown Media United States
12700 Ventura Blvd, Ste 200
Studio City, CA 91602
Email: www.hallmarkchannel.com/tv/about/contact.asp



HBO
Chairman & CEO
1100 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
212-512-1000
www.hbo.com
Email: www.hbo.com/cmp/talk_to_hbo.shtml

HEARST NEWS SERVICE
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 610
Washington, DC 20006
202-298-6920
www.hearstcorp.com

E-mail:
Hearst Magazines: HearstMagazines@hearst.com
Hearst Newspapers: HearstNewspapers@hearst.com
Hearst Broadcasting: HearstBroadcasting@hearst.com


KING FEATURES
Hearst Corp.
Editor in Chief
888 Seventh Avenue 2nd Fl
New York, NY 10019
212-455-4000
Addresses for individual columnists and cartoonists are on www.kingfeatures.com/info1.htm
General cartoonists email: kfs-editorial-cartoonists@hearst.com
General editorial/columnists email: kfs-writers@hearst.com


KNIGHT-RIDDER/TRIBUNE
Editor
750 National Press Bldg
Washington, DC 20045
Email: jscholz@krtinfo.com


LIFETIME
President & CEO
World Wide Plaza
309 W 49th St
New York, NY 10019
212-424-7000
www.lifetimetv.com
Email: www.lifetimetv.com/help/feedback.html


NBC TELEVISION

30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112

President, Broadcast & Network Operations
President NBC Entertainment
www.nbc.com
Email: nbcshows@nbc.com


Dateline
Senior Producer
212-664-7501
Email: dateline@nbc.com


Today
Executive Producer
212-664-4249
www.today.msnbc.com
Email: today@nbc.com


Nightly News
Executive Producer
212-664-4971
Email: nightly@msnbc.com


NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Rick Beaudette, Executive News Editor
John Membrino, Wire Service Editor
1101 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 300
Washington, DC 20036
202-383-7843
www.newhousenews.com
Email: Rick. Beaudette@Newhouse.com
Email: John.Membrino@Newhouse.com


NEWSWEEK
Managing Editor
251 W 57th St
New York, NY 10019-1894
212-445-4000
Email: letters@newsweek.com
www.newsweek.msnbc.com


NEW YORK TIMES
229 W. 43rd St
New York, NY 10036
212-456-1234
Email: letters@nytimes.com


OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
PO Box 909715
Chicago, IL 60690
312-633-0808
www.oprah.com
Email: www.oprah.com/email/reach/email_reach_fromu.html


PAX
President-PAX TV
601 Clearwater Park Rd
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561-659-4122
www.pax.tv
Email: www.paxtv/contact

 

PBS
President and CEO
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-739-5015
www.pbs.org

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer
Executive Producer
3620 South 27th Street
Arlington, VA 22206
703-998-2150

DR. PHIL
PO Box 1902
5482 Wiltshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
www.drphil.com/ click on "Email Us"


SCRIPPS HOWARD
Peter Copeland, Editor & General Manager
Mark Tomasik, Managing Editor
1091 Vermont Ave NW Ste 1000
Washington, DC 20005
212-404-1484
www.shns.com
Email: copelandp@shns.com
Email: tomasikm@shns.com

Sony Pictures Entertainment
John Calley, Chairman & CEO
10202 W. Washington Boulevard,
Culver City, CA


SYNDICATED NEWS SERVICE
Publisher
#312 2829 Bird Ave Ste 5
Miami, FL 33133
305-448-9805
Email: Editor@sni-news.com or
colj@sni-news.com


TIME MAGAZINE
Managing Editor, Time & Life Building
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
212-522-1212
www.time.com
Email: james_Kelly@timemagazine.com


TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
President & CEO
435 N. Michigan Ave Ste 1500
Chicago, IL 60611
312-222-4444
Email: ddwilliams@tribune.com
Tribune Publishing
Jack Fuller, President
312-222-3232
www.tribune.com
Email: jfuller@tribune.com


UNITED MEDIA
President
Scripps Howard
2000 Madison Ave 4th FL
New York, NY 10016
www.unitedfeatures.com
Email: www.unitedmedia.com/index.htm and search on "contact the artist."
Columnist email: columnssubmit@unitedmedia.com
Comics & Editorial Cartoon email: comics@unitedmedia.com


UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Editor-in-Chief
1510 h St NE
Washington, DC 20005
202-898-8000
www.upi.com
Email: jsullivan@upi.com


USA NETWORK
Chairman & CEO
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
212-314-7333
www.usanetworks.com
Email: www.usanetworks.com/contact.us/index.html


US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Managing Editor, bkelly@usnews.com
1040 Thomas Jefferson St NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-955-2000
Email: letters@usnews.com


WASHINGTON POST
Michael Getler, Ombudsman
1150 15th St NW
Washington, DC 20071
202-334-6000
Email: getlerm@washpost.com


WB TELEVISION
Chief Executive Officer ­ 818-977-6640
Executive VP, Current Programming & Primetime Schedule
818-977-4545
4000 Warner Blvd
Building 34R
Burbank, CA 91522
www.thewb.com
Email: faces@thewb.com

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