column
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- journalism genre
- Subclass of
- opinion piece
- Part of
- periodical
- Image
- Don Marquis column.gif
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- different from
- news article
- topic's main category
- Category:Columns (periodical)
- practiced by
- columnist
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Encyclopedic overview
A column is a recurring article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, in which a writer expresses their own opinion in a section allotted to them on a regular basis by the publication. The author of a column is a columnist.
Characteristics
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