ARTICLES, OPINIONS, NEWS Professional Writing College of Public and Community Services University of Massachusetts Boston ©2012 William Holmes 1.

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ARTICLES, OPINIONS, NEWS Professional Writing College of Public and Community Services University of Massachusetts Boston ©2012 William Holmes 1

OPINION PIECES PERSONAL BENEFITS: 1  Say your piece  Express your views  Share you feelings  Share your experience 2

OPINION PIECES PERSONAL BENEFITS: 2  Clarify your thoughts  Resolve internal conflict  Increases public notice  May bring rewards 3

OPINION PIECES PUBLIC BENEFITS: 1 4  Crystallize solidarity or opposition  Promotes empathy or rejection  Spreads knowledge  Promotes understanding

OPINION PIECES PUBLIC BENEFITS: 2 5  Mobilizes public  Stimulates action  Creates domain of interest  Converts personal troubles into social problems

OPINION PIECES ELEMENTS: 1 6  Strong feelings, passion  Dramatic experience  Salient experience  Shared experience

OPINION PIECES ELEMENTS: 2 7  Social parallels  Important knowledge  A Story to tell  Empathy to encourage

OPINION PIECES GUIDELINES: 1 8  Make it personal, but not about “ME”  Have as much opinion as facts, or more  Verify facts  Relate your experience to context

OPINION PIECES GUIDELINES 9  Don’t rant  Use a hook  Be dramatic, but not outrageous  Leave a feeling or action plan

OPINION EXERCISE 10  Why did you decide to go to college?