Column (newspaper)

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A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication. Columns are written by columnists.

What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it meets each of the following criteria:

• It is a regular feature in a publication
• It is personality-driven by the author
• It explicitly contains an opinion or point of view

Types of columns

Some types of newspaper columns are:

• advice column
• critic reviews
• editorial opinion
• gossip
• humor
• food column
• music column

Awards

The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary is often awarded for commentary appearing in a column.

External links

• Who Comments? - profiles of columnists and commentators in the UK press along with indexing of the subjects they write about.

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