Editorial

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Editorial from a 1921 issue of Photoplay recommending that readers not see the film Heedless Moths, which featured nude scenes.

An editorial, leading article (US) or leader (UK), is an often-unsigned opinion piece written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of a newspaper, magazine, or any other written document. Editorials may be supposed to reflect the opinion of the periodical. Australian and major United States newspapers, such as The New York Times^[1] and The Boston Globe,^[2] often classify editorials under the heading "opinion".

Illustrated editorials may appear in the form of editorial cartoons.^[3]

Typically, a newspaper's editorial board evaluates which issues are important for their readership to know the newspaper's opinion.^[4]

Editorials are typically published on a dedicated page, called the editorial page, which often features letters to the editor from members of the public; the page opposite this page is called the op-ed page and frequently contains opinion pieces by writers not directly affiliated with the publication. However, a newspaper may choose to publish an editorial on the front page. In the English-language press this occurs rarely and only on topics considered especially important; it is more common, however, in some European countries such as Spain, Italy, and France.^[5]

In the field of fashion publishing, the term has been adapted to refer to photo-editorials – features with often full-page photographs on a particular theme, designer, model or other single topic, with or (as in a photo-essay) without accompanying text.^[6]

See also

• Column (periodical)

References

External links

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