Reading the opinion pages and submission requirements of leading newspapers can provide great background for understanding how to write a powerful and successful op-ed. If you’re ready to try submitting to one of these papers, submission information is provided below.
National Newspapers Online
If you are not a subscriber, you will only be able to read a limited number of articles each month on the paper’s website, or in the case of The Wall Street Journal, you will only be able to read the first few sentences of an article. You can access the full text of articles through the library’s subscription databases (free access if you are on campus or log in with your GU NetID). Individual subscription options are listed below.
New York Times
The links in the "Opinion page" section below are to the New York Times website, which allows reading a limited number of articles without a subscription. Full digital access is $1/week (billed as $4 every 4 weeks) for the first year; the regular price is $4.25/week (billed as $17 every 4 weeks). [subscription costs as of December 2021]
Main Campus faculty, staff, and students can read The New York Times (text only) through ProQuest.
- Opinion page
- To read outside submissions only, go to Opinion Contributors
- Sunday Review
- @nytopinion on Twitter and Instagram
- Subscribe to Opinion Today for daily emails with summaries of all opinion pieces
- How to Submit a Guest Essay for Opinion
Washington Post
The links in the "Opinion page" section below are to the Washington Post website, which allows reading a limited number of articles without a subscription. The academic rate for full digital access is $1 every 4 weeks for one year, then $5 every 4 weeks. [subscription costs as of December 2021]
Main Campus faculty, staff, and students can read The Washington Post (text only) through ProQuest.
- Opinions page
- The Opinions Essay - Long-form commentary and other features from The Washington Post’s Opinions section.
- PostEverything - Online only magazine for “fresh takes, personal essays, news analyses, and other innovative ways to tell the stories everyone is talking about—and the ones they haven’t yet heard.”
- @PostOpinions on Twitter and Instagram
- Subscribe to the Opinions newsletter for daily emails with links to all opinion pieces
- Op-Ed submission instructions and form
Wall Street Journal
- Opinions page
- Commentary
- Subscribe to the Morning Editorial Report for daily emails with links to all opinion pieces
- Op-Ed Guidelines
The Wall Street Journal also offers a discounted educational rate ($49 for the first year, $4/month thereafter as of December 2017).
You can also access an unlimited number of articles through the library’s subscription databases (free access if you are on campus or log in with your GU NetID).
Access Articles through Library Subscription Databases
Note: The links below are through Lauinger Library. For the Law Center community, access materials through the Georgetown Law Library, and for the Medical Center community, use the Dahlgren Memorial Library.
Search or Browse National Newspapers
Regional Newspapers
Regional or local newspapers are also great choices for submitting op-eds. The Op-Ed Project provides information for over 100 top online and print publications in the country, updated as of June 2021.
Read our Newspapers & Commentary LibGuide for links to searchable newspaper databases.
Read Opinions in Magazines and Journals
Opinion Archives has full text searching for opinion pieces and editorials from leading magazines including The Nation, The New Republic, and The New Yorker.
Questions
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Dahlgren Memorial Library - 202-687-1448 or Ask a DML Librarian