How to Have Your Say- August 26, 2007 Many readers write about wanting their opinions to appear in The Post, but they are often unsure about the rules. If they want to reply to or decry something in the paper, do they write a letter to the editor or to Free for All Why do the letters have to be so short Who controls Close to Home And how can they get an article published on the op-ed page or in Outlook Outlook is run by the editorial pages staff, righthttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... A Dilemma Within Quotation Marks- August 19, 2007 What reporters put between quotation marks isn't simply a quotation. It's a choice about what they believe the person said -- or should have said. Post staff members disagree among themselves and some of them with Post policy -- as do readers. Gray areas abound.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... Quote, Unquote- August 12, 2007 When you read a quote in The Post, is what's between the quotation marks exactly what the person said Post policy says it should be, but it ain't necessarily so.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... Commentary That Provokes- August 5, 2007 Provocative commentary is integral to a newspaper's obligation to readers. But it often hits just the wrong nerve. Those visceral reactions are still on my agenda.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... |