Category
page 1Periodical articles
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obituary
thumb|upright|American obituary for World War I|WWI death
thumb|Traditional street obituary notes in Bulgaria
article
text that forms an independent part of a publication

editorial
thumb|Editorial from a 1921 issue of Photoplay recommending that readers not watch a film, [[Heedless Moths, which featured nude scenes]]
thumb|Francis Pharcellus Church, author of the famous 1897 The Sun editorial which contains the line "[[Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"]]
An editorial, or leading article (UK) or leader (UK), is an article or any other written document, often unsigned, written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper or magazine, that expresses the publication's opinion about a particular topic or issue. Australian and major United States newspapers,