Re: Raylilyn's idea

[thomas temperley <temp4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To:  Joan Snyder - Keep up the good work!
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From: "Joan E Snyder" <snyder201@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 5:41 AM
Subject: Raylilyn's idea


> what a perfect analogy to Chaucer! i too, agree that ours is a story to
> be told and heard by people all over the nation...but how to attract
> that kind of attention goes beyond all of my best efforts. here in my
> little town of chillicothe, illinois and also in our big neighbor
> peoria, i have an incredible relationship with the media. in our one
> chillicothe newspaper, the mayor and i seem to be in a race to see who
> gets more coverage.  our local NBC affiliate anchor woman is my master
> of ceremonies at all my events and i am a frequent guest on all 3
> stations. and at the peoria newspaper, they have had to tell journalists
> to write about other people besides me. honestly, i do not do this for
> my own gratificaition...i hate to see  myself on tv-i'm so fat because
> of the drugs, my voice is just another reminder of what i have lost, my
> self-confidence is in the toilet and my face is a zombie-like mask. but
> i will and have done whatever it takes to get the story out. having pd
> has emboldened me in ways that i would have never thought possible. i
> have gone into the world headquarters of Caterpiller, Inc. and asked
> them for money and gotten it. i have gone into the ceo's office at a
> major medical affiliate and asked for $10,000 and gotten it. when dennis
> greene and i had our book published by margaret tuchman and the folks at
> the alliance, i signed autographs, sent it to all the people whom i
> thought might have some clout-but no one answered. i even tried to use my
> Sidney Dorros award as leverage into some of the great halls of
> information and power.  i have written to all of the daytime talk shows
> scores of times, begging for them to give us a chance. i have tried all
> the network newsmagazines-no go (except once i got an email back from a
> senior editor on NBC nightly news who gave me the name of someone on the
> Today show but they had already changed jobs). yes, i agree that someone
> needs to tell our story, someone who can do it with dignity and
> compassion and just the right sprinkle of irony and justifiable anger. i
> would try to be that person if i could only figure out a way to get in
> the door. thanks-just blowing off some of my frustrations. i guess it's
> who you know; not what you know!
>
> --
> Joan E. Blessington Snyder       50/11
> 
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> "Hang tough...........no way through it but to do it."
> Chris-in-the-Morning   (Northern Exposure)
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