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Place an opinion piece The Op-Ed Desk

Write a 650-word opinion piece off this site and get it published by an outlet that has an editor. Only published pieces count.

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In detail

Drafts a 650-word opinion piece off the site on something they know from their field and places it on their own with an outlet that has an editor. Only published pieces count; nothing that charges to appear, and no contributor networks

What you leave with

Piece page

Who confirms it

The outlet's editor published it. One student opens the public link and types the byline and date.

What goes on your résumé

Publications: 'Ohio's nursing shortage starts in the classroom', op-ed, The Lakeshore Courier, February 2027
An example. Yours will say what you did.

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You own what you make here. If you made it for a class, a lab or an employer, someone else may have a claim on it, so leave it out. You do this unpaid and by choice, and you do not work for Tillyard. You are keeping a record of something you chose to do.