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  • The editorial voice:

    Published Saturday, March 2, 2013

    (This editorial was published in The Post-Standard Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2013, reproduced by permission.) The Editorial Voice: In print and online, it advocates for the Syracuse and Central New York Community It started before Aristotle — writers practicing the fine art of persuasion. The ancient Greek’s guide to rhetoric and advocacy still instructs editorial

  • Three quotables

    Published Saturday, March 2, 2013

    From Aristotle’s “Rhetoric” “The most important things about which all men deliberate and deliberative orators harangue, are five in number, to wit: ways and means, war and peace, the defense of the country, imports and exports, legislations. … “It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs but not of

  • Opinionizing's role, revisited

    Published Saturday, March 2, 2013

    About a year ago, some newspapers announced they would no longer do editorial endorsements of candidates, and members of AOJ's discussion list -- and a lot of other people! -- had a lot to say about that. We published some of it in Masthead (Feb. response to Sun-Times and others) (Sept. explosion?) Recently, the list was buzzing with comment about more

  • Bland beyond belief?

    Published Saturday, March 2, 2013

    Excerpted with permission from a Dec. 30, 2012, column by Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee editorial-page editor The editorial director of a news organization dedicated to producing "stories that hold those in power accountable," has said there should be fewer voices dedicated to that cause. Mark Katches of the Center for Investigative Reporting, which

  • Sunshine is year-round

    Published Monday, February 18, 2013

    By Christian Trejbal Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of open government, is nearly upon us. This year it runs March 10-16, and the Association of Opinion Journalists is an official partner organization. Though we organizationally support the cause of open government, AOJ members can push for transparency as much or as little as they choose. One

  • Morgan McGinley honored by NENPA

    Published Tuesday, January 15, 2013

    The New England Newspaper & Press Association announced that AOJ Lifetime Member Morgan McGinley has been inducted into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame. McGinley will be honored at a reception on February 8 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The Hall of Fame recognizes newspaper industry heroes whose talent, hard work and exceptional

  • A boy, a dead dog, and a letter

    Published Tuesday, January 1, 2013

    So you’re the bigshot editorial page editor, with your policies and your standards and your word counts and your adult conversation. You’ve got a rule for everything, right? Well, what about this? Give a listen: If you can’t hear the message, here’s the transcript: “My name is Zach. I just wanted to know, if I wrote a thing about my dog would you guys

  • A new 'house divided' threatens U.S. future

    Published Sunday, November 4, 2012

    The worst possible outcome of this election isn’t who will or will not occupy the White House. It’s that our own house remains divided. Even if claims that this is the most contentious election in history are over the top, it’s been contentious enough — caustic, even bitter at times. And, it seems, disruptive of what we should value most — relationships.