op-ed writer
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- punditProfessional opinion-giver
- journalistNews profession practitioner
byline · newspaper · essay · commentary · think piece · argument · perspective · viewpoint · persuasion · deadline · keyboard · masthead · syndicated · provocative · influential · voice · rhetoric · polemic
- newspaper jobsreporter, editor, journalist, columnist, photographer
- press writersjournalist, reporter, columnist, correspondent, editor
- columnistscolumnist, opinion writer, syndicated columnist, political columnist, advice columnist
- Political WritersThomas Paine, George Orwell, Noam Chomsky, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- commentatorscommentator, sports commentator, news commentator, color commentator, political commentator
opinion vs. objectivity
op-ed writerbeat reporter
Journalist covering specific field
fact-checker · news anchor · investigative journalist · stenographer · data journalist
public voice vs. silent audience
op-ed writersilent majority
Presumed moderate, publicly mute multitude
outsider commentary vs. insider action
op-ed writerpolicymaker
One who sets rules
elected official · legislator · decision-maker · activist · lobbyist