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Tag: effective commentary strategies

Letters to the editor: fast, easy and noticed

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December 13th, 2010

Don’t have time to craft a thoughtful, carefully argued 700-word op ed in response to a current issue or spleen-inspiring coverage in your newspaper of choice? Try penning a one […]

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The Pros and Cons of Timeliness

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December 7th, 2010

Partnering with universities is one of the main strategies Informed Opinions is pursuing to support knowledgeable women in contributing their ideas and analysis to the media. So last summer, I […]

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Writing by committee – avoid (or master!)

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November 12th, 2010

Informed Opinions recently supplied editing support to a workshop graduate who had a well-supported and timely argument about a relevant issue.  After we’d work together to polish the piece and […]

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Elvis Costello: songs versus op eds

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November 11th, 2010

In the course of promoting his newly released album recently, much-celebrated songwriter, Elvis Costello (do you think he ever gets referred to as the spouse of Diana Krall?) was speaking […]

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Citizen columnist shares insights

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October 30th, 2010

At yesterday’s Informed Opinions workshop for Ottawa-based NGOs, Citizen columnist and editorial writer Kate Heartfield generously took an hour out of her day to share insights into what her paper […]

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Timing is Everything

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October 27th, 2010

…Well, not maybe not everything, but when it comes to getting an op ed published in the print vehicle of your choice, how much advance warning you’re able to give […]

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Using controversial government decisions

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August 25th, 2010

Here’s how two scholars at Queen’s University began their commentary in yesterday’s Globe and Mail: “The decision not to reappoint the Veterans Ombudsman to a second term has put the […]

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Historian links literature to gambling

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August 22nd, 2010

Yesterday’s Globe and Mail featured a provocative and engaging op ed by Brock historian John Sainsbury asking “What if Dostoyevsky had been an online gambler?” Professor Sainsbury cleverly used the […]

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Note to Self: Surprising Impact of Celebrity Name-Dropping

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August 12th, 2010

Sometimes the positive impact of a published commentary can be both immediate and unexpected. Last Friday The Globe and Mail published an op ed I wrote about a fabulous new […]

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