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Category Archives: Effective Commentary Strategies
Getting Ahead
… of the news story, that is. It’s a great strategy to increase your likelihood of publication: if you know that a research report, government announcement or legal decision is about to be released, and your informed opinion about the … Continue reading
Posted in Effective Commentary Strategies, Op Eds by IO Grads, Pitching Your Piece, Publishing Opportunities, Reach and Impact, Uncategorized, Workshop Insights
Tagged analysis, Carissima Mathen, David Watson, Elizabeth Sheehy, insight, newspaper, op ed, Ottawa Citizen, Supreme Court
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New Year’s Resolution: How to disregard criticism by applying the “reasonable man” test
Celebrated American poet and critic, Ezra Pound, in his considered advice to beginning poets offered the following advice: “Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.” But he could have been speaking to … Continue reading
Most common errors made by aspiring op ed writers – part 2
Far too much research has already documented that when something goes wrong, women are highly inclined to blame the problem or setback on their own deficiencies. This tendency operates in stark contrast to men, who are more likely to blame … Continue reading
Posted in Better Writing, Effective Commentary Strategies, Reach and Impact, Scholarly Concerns, Uncategorized, Valuing Women
Tagged assumptions, bias, care, cartoon, commentary, conceptual, families, hard-to-visualize, new, op ed, readers, refute, research, resonance, social justice, sports, women, writing
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Most Common Errors Made by Aspiring Op Ed Writers – part 1
Whether you’re picked last for the ball team, get rebuffed on the first date, or fail to elicit a positive response from an editor, rejection stinks. That’s why Informed Opinions offers online editing feedback (free to our workshop participants, but … Continue reading
Think “outcome” when crafting an op ed
In the middle of delivering an op ed writing workshop recently to a very engaged group of United Way staff and volunteers from across Ontario (organized through Sean Moore‘s fabulous Advocacy School initiative) I was reminded again of the value … Continue reading
Ignoring the haters
So you’ve crafted your insights into an engaging and persuasive op ed, and the comment editor of your local newspaper has published the piece. Your inbox is now receiving congratulatory notes from friends and colleagues, and maybe even a query … Continue reading
Posted in Effective Commentary Strategies, Reach and Impact, Scholarly Concerns, Valuing Women
Tagged commentary pages, doormat, feminist, haters, newspapers, online, op eds, readers, Rebecca West, trolls
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Lessons from a published op ed
Yeah, but I’m not Eddie Greenspan. That’s what I thought last December when Globe and Mail op ed page editor, Natasha Hassan claimed to a room full of Osgoode Hall profs that her paper’s online commentary hub was an enormously influential … Continue reading
Posted in Effective Commentary Strategies, Election Claims and Commentary, Publishing Opportunities, Reach and Impact
Tagged Caryn Lieberman, commentary hub, Conrad Black, Eddie Greenspan, Garth Drabinsky, Globe and Mail, Krista Erickson, Margie Gillis, Natasha Hassan, online, Sun TV
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“It’s not about you”
Will Dena McMartin’s recent op ed in the Regina Leader-Post help prevent a flooding disaster and save lives? It just might. And even if it doesn’t, the informed analysis of the University of Regina professor of environmental systems engineering offered … Continue reading →