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Editorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Editorial
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An editorial, leading article (UK), or leader (UK) is an opinion piece written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of a newspaper or magazine or any other written document. Editorials may be supposed to reflect the opinion of the periodical. [citation needed ] In Australian and major United States newspapers, such as the New York Times[1] and the Boston Globe,[2] editorials are often classified under the heading "opinion".[citation needed ] Editorials may also be in the form of editorial cartoons.[3] Typically, a newspaper's editorial board evaluates which issues are important for their readership to know the newspaper's opinion.[4] Editorials are typically published on a special page dedicated to them, called the editorial page, which often also features letters to the editor from members of the public; the page opposite this page is called the op-ed page and frequently contains opinion pieces by writers not directly affiliated with the publication. However, a newspaper may choose to publish an editorial on the front page. In most English language press, this is done only rarely and on topics considered especially important; however, it is more common in some European countries such as Italy and France.[5] In the field of fashion publishing especially, the term has been adapted to usually refer to photo-editorials in particular features with often full-page photographs on a particular theme, designer, model or other single topic, with or (as a photo-essay) without accompanying text.[6]

See also
Column (periodical)

References
1. ^ Staff (23 May 2012). "Opinion" (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/). The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012. 2. ^ Staff (23 May 2012). Opinion "Opinion" (http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/). The Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 May 2012. 3. ^ Staff (2012). "AAEC The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists" (http://editorialcartoonists.com/). AAEC The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Retrieved 23 May 2012. 4. ^ Passante, Christopher K. (2007). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journalism Editorials (http://books.google.com/? id=lfh1mufymdsC&pg=PA28&dq=editorials+%2B+def&cd=13#v=onepage&q=&f=false). Penguin. p. 28. ISBN 159257-670-2. Retrieved 2010-02-21. 5. ^ Christie Silk (June 15, 2009). "Front Page Editorials: a Stylist Change for the Future?" (http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/06/front-page_editorials_a_stylistic_change.php). Editors' Weblog. World Editors' Forum. Retrieved July 1, 2011. 6. ^ Various editorials. (http://models.com/client/editorial) models.com. Retrieved 2012-04-03.

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