Changes to Monitor Commentary
Commentary at the Monitor is evolving. We鈥檙e adapting and innovating 鈥� in large part聽to better coordinate with reader interests and habits. But while聽the form that Monitor commentary takes may be changing, we'll continue to聽provide you with the constructive, thoughtful perspectives you've come to expect from us.
As a reader, you'll be losing some elements, but gaining others. The biggest change is that the Commentary section will no longer regularly publish general op-eds. At the same time, however,听we鈥檙e expanding the聽Global Newsstand聽feature that runs in our magazine and introducing that content to the web. There you鈥檒l find excerpts from various opinion pieces from around the world, hand-picked by Monitor editors, to give you a broad and accessible survey of global commentary. Keep an eye out for periodic guest editorials, too.
While we are no longer publishing traditional op-eds in the Commentary section, we are now running commentary and analysis in our聽Energy Voices听补苍诲听New Economy聽blogs. Please see the criteria for Energy Voices and New Economy submissions聽here.
This is all part of our effort to allow opinions to live more organically in relevant news sections. As before, readers can find a range of topic-specific commentary and analysis embedded in other Monitor areas: the Backchannels blog,听Africa Monitor, and Latin America Monitor in our World news section; Energy Voices; a variety of blogs under our Business section; and our Change Agent blog. We'll soon be incorporating US political commentary in聽DC Decoder. And doors may be opening for commentary in other sections in the near future as well. Stay tuned.
You鈥檒l also find reflective personal essays in our Home Forum section.
You鈥檒l continue to see thoughtful聽Monitor鈥檚 View聽pieces both on the web and in our weekly magazine. With their unique lens, these editorials offer readers a truly deeper take on the news.
We still encourage and publish thoughtful letters-to-the-editor in our Readers Write section in the magazine and on the web. And you can always respond to Monitor content and coverage by connecting with us on , , and a number of other social media channels (find them here).
Commentary at the Monitor is evolving. And we'll keep evolving.聽Let us know how we鈥檙e doing. We always love to hear from you.
