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If you are thinking about writing an editorial there are some things that you need to know before you start the writing process. This form of writing can be very satisfying if it is done right, but if not it can be fatal to your writing career.
Asian Week ran an editorial entitled "Why I Hate Blacks" in it's February 23rd edition. Although it's been removed, should publications be held responsible for the editorials they publish?
An editorial published by the Central Connecticut State University campus paper causes protests among students
Writers should know that most editors wouldn't even think of stealing your ideas for an article, but it has happened. If you are worried about a great story getting shifted to another writer, here are a few tips to protect yourself from editorial theft.
This editorial raises an important issue that the American public should be concerned about: the lack of enthusiasm toward higher education.
"New and Not Improved" is the title of an editorial in the July 4th New York Times about Barack Obama's recent "repositioning" or "moving to the center", or whatever. I give my "take" on the editorial and on Obama's candidacy.
In response to my factual article outlining government income and spending, I provide my editorial opinions on government spending.
Web publishers like Associated Content do not use editorial submission calendars, like print publications do. Some content producers wonder why.
Publishers, editorial directors, human resource managers and editors, among others were a vocal lot regarding freelancers and what they should/should not do to get their foot in the door.
Writing an editorial article may be one of the most satisfying forms of writing, especially for journalists.
My weekly review of the best editorial and opinions published on Associated Content.
As most editorial professionals know, this career path will not make you rich - not even close. However, there are sectors that pay more than others. So, what sectors pay a decent wage?
I have been in publishing since 1987, have been a freelancer since 1993 and ran an editorial staffing agency in New York City from 1996 through 2004. Some lessons I've learned from this crazy journey follow.
Some editorial cartoons I've seen online and in print has too much text. They're more like essays with a drawing attached. I prefer cartoons with less text that makes their points through the illustration.
There are some things that you should definitely NOT do when submitting your cover letter for an editorial job or freelance opportunity. Here, we will cover those pesky little details that can mean the difference between getting the job - or not!
I try not to discuss my personal beliefs on this subject with too many people. It usually ends up as a pointless argument.
Fashion doesn't have to be superficial
Some basic advice for making your submissions to the op/ed page better.
After reviewing literally thousands of resumes over the last decade, there are some definite do's and don'ts that will help your resume avoid the slush pile.
Contracts are a necessary part of any business. However, there comes a time when you can "safely" do away with them.
"Do I send samples, a media kit, or just a query, postcard and/or sales letter?" As a freelancer, when you are trying to reach new clients or stay in touch with old ones, how to approach the contact can be a sticky, confusing, discombobulating journey.
An editorial dealing with the issue of Sexual Harassment.
Review of an Editorial service.
This is my editorial account of the 2008, first week in the Nation Football League. This piece also includes my editorial take on the games.
Here I am again, writing an article in support of a Governor I didn't support in the election who continues to do good things for Ohio, only this time it is in response to an editorial that I feel missed the point on what I feel Governor Strickland is trying to accomplish.
It is a simple analysis of a somewhat (in my opinion) funny editorial cartoon.
Author shares the horrors of editorial rampage in this "before & after story" of his letter to the editor.
For freelance writers, editors, copy editors, etc., determining what to charge can be confusing. Based on my 19+ years in the editorial industry, I answer the age-old question, "What/how do I charge?"
Male editorial writer sings a song of how the world would have been saved had this decission not passed.
On January 24, 2008, the New York Times Editorial Board announced the two candidates that they are endorsing in this year's Presidential Primaries.
a pro gun control editorial
A response to the editorial view in the Times of India
The editorial and/or opinion article is an effort to open the eyes and mind of those who continue to identify themselves and others as only one race. Many times it is obvious that we are of mixed race. How do we decide which family race to choose and which to ignore.
This is a revised editorial, the last one was submitted before corrections and additions were finished.
An editorial on editors, from a writer's perspective.
Recently both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were interviewed by the editorial board of the Houston Chronicle. While Hillary Clinton seemed to flip flop on space policy, Barack Obama reiterated his opposition to publically funded human space flight.
Shawn Struck sits down with August Pollak, liberal political cartoonist, and talks about his artistic influences, Garfield, and the 2006 George W. Bush Dead Kitten Survey.
On Demand Books is the maker of The Espresso Machine. The company was cofounded by former Random House editorial director Jason Epstein. His machine allows you to print and bind a paperback book in 4 minutes.
Brief review and editorial on ABC's new series
Part of my editorial business includes proofreading medical malpractice testimony. The latest one had me thoroughly enraged, not just at the doctor who made a fatal mistake, but the husband and son of the victim who acted like total idiots until the woman died.
Part of my editorial business includes proofreading litigation transcripts for personal injury cases. I've perhaps read over 1,000 by now. This content will intrigue you.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" reads what is probably the most famous newspaper editorial. In 1897 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote to The New York Sun to find an answer to her question.
According to a recent poll involving 1,107 children, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton may awake to a lump of coal on Christmas Day. They have topped Santa's "naughty" list. This mother has quite another opinion concerning very bad behavior.
A Geneseo, IL, man decries the holiday program "Holiday in Handcuffs" on the editorial page of the (Davenport, IA) "Quad City Times."
Learn how to avoid negative comments from peers and editors.
An opinion editorial with reporting aspects about Hillary Clinton's DNC speech.
Over the past months and year, Senator Obama has kept his supporters aware of his policy and campaign position. Several weeks ago I signed up for a e-mail alert for his Vice Presidential choice. At 2:55 A.M. MST, as promised--It's Joe Biden
This is an editorial on what has been a disgraceful example of law enforcement in practice.
Poor taste prevails as Vogue's aspirations of social consciousness miserably misses the target.
Blinded by Hatred for President Bush, successful people and most anything that is good.. What brings a man to the point where noting matters except can't we just hate bush a little more?
As a writer it is all too easy to concentrate on the mechanics of submitting work to editors and to forget that the writing itself is of primary importance. We should all be constantly seeking to improve. If we do that, editorial approval will become that much easier.
Opinionated week 2 NFL analysis , game by game. The main stories all contain a theme and sometimes this spills over into the Quick Hits section of the article.
The northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona is the capital city, the heart and the motor of the autonomous region of Catalonia. The city is the principal commercial, financial and editorial center of the country.
How refreshing it would be to have a news source admit that we are all biased and the information we are about to receive is from a naturally biased perspective so that we may put our guard down and enjoy the editorial.
I give my reaction to a recent editorial in the NY Times about President Bush's speech before the Knesset, and to a column in the Times by Paul Krugman about Hillary Clinton's "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June" comment.
Some people throw around the word authority like it is their kingdom. This editorial gives a closer look at the meaning of the word.
Fox news puts in print what many whites actually think.
You chose the wrong person, here's why but why Hillary Clinton still shouldn't be chosen as the number 2.
Writers may enliven his or her writings to create a stir and get noticed. Maureen Dowd has accomplished this in her career as an editorial assistant, sports columnist, reporter and feature writer.
As a former newspaper editor that was one level away from the Managing Editor position, I solely blame the editorial staff for their asinine decision to proceed with publishing the controversial depictions.
Tony Snow, who served two Presidents named Bush and an erudite writer and giver of editorial opinion, has died, having lost his three year battle with cancer. Tony Snow's death is sadness for anyone who relished the cut and thrust of political argument done well.
This is a project for students who need a photo concepts project fot their photography, graphic design, or editorial portfolio. This is a great project to show off mutliple skills.
A heated topic amongst scientists and average Joes as well. No pun intended. How long can this debate go on for? There are many books about Global Warming, or the lack there of, which is what I will focus on through the course of this editorial.
Ed2010.com is a comprehensive job/internship/resource/advice site ran by young editors and editorial assistants.
An editorial on how Wikipedia has gone mainstream and the shadow Wikipedia that has arisen during its meteoric rise.
Some simple rules to follow when responding to opinion/editorial/scientific essays.
Reporting of an alleged rape in Platte County, Missouri causes editorial debate in competing newspaper.
Hartford, Connecticut,which is the state capital,is home to several newspapers.Each of these newspapers has a different "voice", or editorial slant. Profiled here, are three widely- read Hartford, Ct newspapers.
I know that childhood obesity is a problem in America, but you know what? So is literacy. In this editorial, I will debate the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood and give them a 'slice' of how this reading initiative is a positive one.
This is an editorial, strictly opinion, based on my own personal beliefs and experiences with the scouting program.
I really had not given this latest bit of bad press for Ohio University much thought, until I came across an editorial in my local newspaper that went a little deeper into the situation that raised a little bit more of concern on my part for more than a few reasons.
You can do this by feeding your data (inventory, opinion, editorial, advice, knowledge) to the search engines in just way they like it, LINKED BACK TO YOUR FULLY OPTIMIZED WEBSITE!
Misleading advertising looks like newspaper editorial content. Company sells money at a huge markup, while marketing itself as a reserve bank.
Editorial freelancing can run the gamut from copyediting, writing and proofreading to graphic design, illustration and word processing. However, breaking into the writing sector is the easiest way to go, in my opinion.
If you are going to have a successful editorial freelance career, you are going to have to do some online marketing. One of the first things you need to do to successfully market online is get a website. But, how much will it cost?
A compare and contrast of two cabe news editorial sessions from Fox News and CNN on the same night in July.
Enter Music Media, publishers of the hip, pop drum publication, DRUM!, will soon groove drummers and the entertainment industry with a new magazine, Traps. The editorial strategy of Traps: "The Art Of Drumming."
One of the lessons I've learned in my 19+ years in the editorial industry is that freelancers should develop a niche to be successful. So, how do you develop a niche with no experience? It's actually relatively easy and can be done in three easy steps.
The editors of the Chicago Tribune may not be exactly what you picture them to be.
After graduating from college, many of us quickly learned that it would take us years to get to the income of our parents and to attain their level of purchasing power.
Editor mailboxes overflow daily with press releases, promotional pieces, and other unsolicited items. If you have truly newsworthy information to share, how can you position this for greater editorial attention?
As the author of this editorial and as the boy-crazy twelve year old, I just have to say, this would be a wonderful article for a mother or a father to read.
Before I ran my staffing agency, Inkwell Editorial, in New York, I got myself into a financial pickle. I had to pay my temps, but didn't have enough in the bank. What did I do? Read on.
I decided to write this editorial article explaining it all. I will also give my readers the background of how I became a writer
Associated Content writers need to plan their own editorial content at AC.
Are your articles being subjected to unnecessary editorial changes? Are you beginning to think your writing's at fault? Think again! Here are some plausible reasons why not. Read on and feel good!
Interactive Editorial: I want to hear your cab driver stories! This specific piece is about a friend who got charged for a Hate Crime, for supposedly assaulting a Haitian cab driver.
Recién ayer terminé de leer el libro "India" de V. S. Naipul, en la traducción de Flora Casas que publicó Editorial Debate en 1998.
proofreader, Shakespeare, Scanner, existentialist, Camus, Star Trek, editorial
The market for op/ed articles grows slimmer every day, particularly since newspapers and magazines often use in-house writers (staff members) for their opinion and editorial pieces.
Most of Nicholas Kristof's 2006 editorial articles for the New York Times deal with similar topics of poverty and misfortune in Africa, simply because Kristof was in Niger at the time, and could write about his experiences, and then relate them to politics.
The past 3 parts to this editorial have been about some of the difficulties and trials that being a significant other of someone with Fibromyalgia goes through - for that matter, anyone with a partner that has a chronic condition.
A man faces five years in prison for the charge of impeding one's right to beliefs for his editorial comments on a woman's cooking recipe.