Health Care Op Ed
Students will take an issue related to health care and craft an op-ed. You will need to take a stand on the issue and defend your rationale and position.
What is an Op-ed?
An op ed or “opposite the editorial page” or “opinion editorial” is a written piece published by news media that expresses the opinion of an author not affiliated with the publication’s editorial board.
Tips for Op-ed writing; adapted from the Op Ed Project, theopedproject.org
Getting started: The Basics
- own your expertise
- stay current
- the perfect is the enemy of the good
- cultivate a flexible mind
- use plain language
- respect your reader
Questions to Ask Yourself When Writing
- why should we readers trust you?
- can you back up what you say?
- what’s new?
- so what?
- what’s the difference between being ìrightî and being effective?
- how will your ideas and arguments contribute to the conversation, and be helpful to your audience?
Structure
- lede (around a news hook – see below)
- thesis
- argument
- 1st point
- 2nd point
- 3rd point
- to be sure paragraph
- conclusion (often circling back to your lede)
Ledes (set the scene) and News Hooks: Catching Attention
- use the news
- tell a dramatic anecdote
- reference popular culture
- turn conventional wisdom on end
- use wit and irony to point out a contradiction
- use an anniversary
- cite a major new study
- get personal
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