op-ed
opposite editorial (article in a magazine or newspaper)
TRANSLATION
op-ed= Gastkommentar --- GOOGLE INDEX op-ed: approximately 3,400,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The question came up in an interesting OP-ED article this week arguing that countries that ban women from competing in sports events violate the Olympic Charter and thus should be excluded from the Games.
(Reuters)
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Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times OP-ED page in 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the paper’s Washington bureau since 1986.
(www.media-newswire.com)
(Reuters)
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Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times OP-ED page in 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the paper’s Washington bureau since 1986.
(www.media-newswire.com)
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op-ed
noun
- a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
Op-ed, sometimes written Op-Ed, is short for opposite editorial. Editorial is a chiefly American term for an article in a newspaper, which expresses the editor's opinion on a subject of particular interest at the present time. In the UK, editorials are usually called "leading articles" or simply "leaders."
Newspapers traditionally place their own opinion editorials on the left-hand side of the editorial page. The right-hand side, or the opposite page, is usually reserved for opinions and articles from outside writers whose views do not necessarily represent those of the newspaper. The terms opinion editorial and opposite editorial are often confused, thus leading to the mistaken belief that op-ed stands for opinion editorial.
Most major newspapers have a strict policy of keeping editorial and news staffs separate. The editorial board of a newspaper meets regularly to discuss and assign editorial tasks. Editorials written by the editorial board generally express the newspaper's official positions on the issues. However, regular opinion columnists often present their own point of view. These articles, or pieces as they are also called, appear on the page opposite the newspaper's own editorials, thus giving rise to the term opposite editorial or op-ed.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Have you read the op-ed article in this morning's Financial Times?"
noun
- a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
Op-ed, sometimes written Op-Ed, is short for opposite editorial. Editorial is a chiefly American term for an article in a newspaper, which expresses the editor's opinion on a subject of particular interest at the present time. In the UK, editorials are usually called "leading articles" or simply "leaders."
Newspapers traditionally place their own opinion editorials on the left-hand side of the editorial page. The right-hand side, or the opposite page, is usually reserved for opinions and articles from outside writers whose views do not necessarily represent those of the newspaper. The terms opinion editorial and opposite editorial are often confused, thus leading to the mistaken belief that op-ed stands for opinion editorial.
Most major newspapers have a strict policy of keeping editorial and news staffs separate. The editorial board of a newspaper meets regularly to discuss and assign editorial tasks. Editorials written by the editorial board generally express the newspaper's official positions on the issues. However, regular opinion columnists often present their own point of view. These articles, or pieces as they are also called, appear on the page opposite the newspaper's own editorials, thus giving rise to the term opposite editorial or op-ed.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Have you read the op-ed article in this morning's Financial Times?"
