Let me thank you in advance.
I am writing a blog for my business purpose and hit upon a word "op-ed".
From the article,
The incident led University of Colorado ecology professor Marc Bekoff to write in an op-ed for the Huffington Post: “Killing ‘in the name of conservation’ or ‘in the name of education’ or ‘in the name of whatever’ simply needs to stop. It is wrong and sets a horrific precedent for future research and for children.”
When I looked up to dictionaries, all the explanations are "Opposite to editorials".
So, am I correct to understand whereas "editorials" are the articles or sentences you can name, but the dictionaries also say, it is not an "open letters" to the editors ( = newspapers ).
Is it correct if I assume this "op-ed" thing is kind of a post from anybody unrelated with the newspaper company with the criticisim or that kind of sort to the newspapers? ( so that they can "be fair"? ).
Let me thank you in advance again. Sincerely.
Best Answer
Most newspapers have a section where, instead of reporting on the news, editors, journalists, civic leaders or other experts publish their personal interpretations (or opinions) about current events. Such articles might be called an opinion piece, or an editorial.
Sometimes, this section of the newspaper is entitled Editorials, and sometimes Opinions.
An op-ed piece is simply a newspaper article published in this section of the newspaper.
Insofar as I know, the term op-ed is merely a shortened form of Opinion-Editorial.
In the sentence you originally found, Marc Bekoff was the author of the op-ed piece, and it was published by the Huffington Post. In my experience, it's not uncommon for newspapers to publish editorials written by professors.