[New-Poetry] op-ed

[Anny Ballardini]

Keillor again explaing the origin of Op-eds:

It was on this day in 1970 that the first modern op-ed page appeared in *The
New York Times*. People sometimes think that "op-ed" stands for
"opinion-editorial," but it actually stands for "opposite the editorial
page." Op-eds began in the 1920s, but they were forums for newspapers'
columnists, not for outside writers. The modern op-ed was created by *New
York Times* journalist John Bertram Oakes. Oakes received a commentary
letter that he thought was excellent, but it was too long to print as a
letter to the editor, and it couldn't be published in the op-ed page since
it wasn't by a columnist. So he got the idea for an op-ed page that would
include outside opinions. Oakes spent 10 years trying to convince publishers
that is was good idea. Finally the *Times* editors agreed, and published the
first version, and it's become the model for op-ed pages worldwide.


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