Column (newspaper)

Column (newspaper)

A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication. Columns are written by columnists.

What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it meets each of the following criteria:
*It is a regular feature in a publication
*It is personality-driven by the author
*It explicitly contains an opinion or point of view

Types of columns

Some types of newspaper columns are:
*advice column
*critic reviews
*editorial opinion
*gossip
*humor
*food column
*music column

Awards

The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary is often awarded for commentary appearing in a column.

External links

* [http://www.whocomments.org Who Comments?] - profiles of columnists and commentators in the UK press along with indexing of the subjects they write about.


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