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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>From Health and Human Rights Journal <a href="mailto:HHRJOURNAL@hsph.harvard.edu">HHRJOURNAL@hsph.harvard.edu</a> </font></font></div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">HHRJ invited PHM members to submit regular blog posts to the journal's blog. </font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">They're particularly interested in hearing more from the broader PHM group. Are our members willing to take it on? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The way that PHM coordinates the details would be entirely up to our broader group. Their primary interest is in receiving blogs from a range of different PHM members in a regular and timely manner. The blog will hear from number of voices, giving members of PHM an opportunity to air their various perspectives.</font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Let us know who might be contributing different 700-word pieces, what specific subject their proposed blog posting would address (e.g. short titles), and when or at least how often we might anticipate receiving these postings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In terms of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>frequency, we anticipate that other groups will post an article on the average rate of one every two weeks; so PHM might plan with this schedule in mind.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Blog Post Guide for Original Content from Organizations</span></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -9.35pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 9.35pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Q. What should I write about? </span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -9.35pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 9.35pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A. We are looking for unique perspectives from the field or more generally from your organization’s experience working at the intersection of health and human rights – do not use this space to promote your program, although we understand that it may represent the particular point of view of your organization. Posts are meant to introduce readers to important issues in the world of health and human rights, and we understand that you will convey this information through the lens of your experience. While your perspective may be driven by the work of your organization, we ask that you not use this forum to highlight the work of specific programs. Posts should be heavily based on professional, clinical, or health activism experience.</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -9.35pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 9.35pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A. Our readers are health professionals, scholars, community health workers, lawyers, students, social workers, and others interested in health and human rights.</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -9.35pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 9.35pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A. We suggest that you post once every two to three weeks.</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -9.35pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 9.35pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A. Posts can be 500 to 700 words in length. They may be shorter, but in no case should they be any longer than 700 words. Feel free to include hyperlinks to other information online that cannot be addressed within this 700-word limit, either within the narrative or in a list following the post.</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -9.35pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 9.35pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A. HHR editors will review them prior to posting for minor copyediting only. The HHR blog supports and promotes the expression of a wide range of opinions, and we are committed to respecting our bloggers’ rights to express individual and sometimes conflicting opinions. Other than correcting typographical or grammatical errors, your text will remain unchanged—unless it exceeds 700 words. Posts that exceed the word limit will be edited, substantially shortened, or returned to you for reduction. This process may delay your post going “live” so keep it short!</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -9.35pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 9.35pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A. The following is a summary of tips for good blog posts: </span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Your first (teaser) paragraph should contain the most important information, with less relevant information later on in the post. Often only this first part will be visible to readers on the front page of the blog, with a link to the rest of the entry beneath it. </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Be personal. Write as if talking to your readers instead of writing for a newspaper. </span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Times New Roman">6.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Feel free to ask readers a question and encourage responses. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></span></p>
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