Are opinion articles, letters to the editor, and commentaries the same as op-ed pieces?
The terms “opinion article,” “commentary,” and “op-ed” are synonymous and used interchangeably; they refer to guest submissions of (usually) 500-750 words written by people who are not members of a newspaper’s editorial staff and that are published on a newspaper’s op-ed (short for “opposite-editorial”) page. The term “letter to the editor” refers to shorter submissions of (usually) 150 or fewer words that (again, usually) are less rigorously documented and composed than op-eds.
Are opinion articles, letters to the editor, and commentaries the same as op-ed pieces?