Column (periodical)

A newspaper column by Don Marquis

A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, where a writer expresses their own opinion in few columns allotted to them by the newspaper organisation. Columns are written by columnists.

What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it is a regular feature in a publication – written by the same writer or reporter and usually on the same subject area or theme each time – and that it typically, but not universally, contains the author's opinion or point of view. A column states an opinion. It is said to be like an open letter. A column also has a standard head, called a title, and a by-line (name) at the top.

Types

Some types of newspaper columns are:

• Advice column
• Book review
• Cannabis column
• Community correspondent
• Critic's reviews
• Editorial opinion
• Fashion column
• Features column
• Food column
• Gossip column
• Humor column or causerie
• Music column
• Sports column
• Opinion column

Awards

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

See also

• Causerie – Literary style of short informal essays
• Feuilleton – part of a European newspaper or magazine devoted to material designed to entertain the general reader; an article printed in a feuilletonPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback