OP-EDS AND LETTERS 

Opinion pieces and letters to editors are closely related and generally appear in the same section of a newspaper: OPposite the EDitorial section. They are opinion, not news.

  • An op-ed states and supports a position on a controversial topic.

  • A letter to the editor responds to something that has already appeared in the publication-a news story, an op-ed, or someone else's letter to the editor.

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