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Op-eds, Forums, Your Voices, they go by many names, but they're they way papers publish long opinion pieces. What You should Know Before writing an Op-Ed The Wall Street Journal or fax 212-416-2255.............keep piece from 600-1200 words...(E) USA Today att: Forum Page Editor...600 to 800 words The New York Times Fax: 212/556-4100..................800 words or less///(E) Los Angeles Times 700 words...(E) Washington Post 700-800 words...(E) Newsday (Long Island, NY) att: Viewpoints Editor....700-800 words Dallas Morning News 750-800 words San-Francisco Chronicle 650 words or less Boston Globe att: Marjorie Pritchard..........700 words or less Plain Dealer (Cleveland OH) 700 words or less The Star Ledger (NJ) 800 words or less The Philadelphia Inquirer 700 words or less Arizona Republic submit a piece for the "My Turn Columns"....under 600 words Denver Post 650 to 700 words Detroit Free Press 750 words or less, prefers local writers Atlanta Constitution 750 words Baltimore Sun about 700 words. To follow up, call Mr. Block at 410-332-6051. San Jose Mercury follow up Jim Braly, 408-920-5475 Hartford Courant (CT) CT residents preferred... Raleigh News and Observer (NC) 650-750 words Providence Journal (RI) 700-900 words For other major papers and detailed advice see the website of the Communications Consortium and Media Center CCMC Most of big newspapers want an exclusive with your piece. That means they don't want you to send it around to other editors. They expect you to allow them to look it over for several days. Make sure you include your name, address, home phone. Explain why you have expertise in the area and your title in any relevant organizations. Expertise doesn't have to me an academic degree. Eyewitness information is often just as good. Usually papers want op-eds to be about some issue in the news rather than a response to an article in that newspaper. Don't get lost in statistics. Most people (even editors) can only handle a few. Just mention the most dramatic. Know your audience. You can't write for the Boston Globe like you would write for a left with listserv. If you can get across one or two points to expand the minds of thousands of people it's a lot better than an essay that lets it all out on the line but is rejected by the editor. Show emotion but keep it under control. Top of Page |
