Op-Ed

[lollardfish]

My first published op-ed piece is now online. I assume it will appear in the Sunday Star Tribune tomorrow (in paper).

It is interesting to see how the editor changed some of my language, mostly removing conjunctions and other words that I found created better flow, but that were clearly "un-newspapery." He also added the title. It's an odd feeling of powerlessness to submit such a thing and see it published without getting a final say-so. And that's the newspaper business.

Anyway, it's nice to see something like this published.

Comments

Re: Edits

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

More seriously, although I know this is an old experience for you, but I find it pretty neat to realize that the number of people who have read something I have written has jumped by, well, by a lot. I mean, maybe 200 (probably half that) academics have read various essays and article drafts and such things. The Sunday Strib probably distributes a few hundred thousand, and if even 5% read my article ...

math is neat.

Re: Edits

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

640,000 on Thursday.

Yeah, it's neat.

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Re: Edits

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Maybe less.

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Re: Edits

[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

My (possibly faulty) recollection is that suit was settled or dismissed.

Re: Edits

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Half a million on Sunday estimating conservatively. So ... if even 5% read my piece, it's a lot of people.

Re: Edits

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Here's a national list.

I use it when I decide what to submit where.

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