Opinion: What STAT’s opinion section is trying to do
How STAT's First Opinion section is trying to encourage more productive debate online.
This piece was adapted from a recent First Opinion newsletter. Sign up to receive the First Opinion newsletter every Sunday.
Recently, I made an appeal on Twitter/X (sigh) and Bluesky, asking people to name opinion pieces that stood out to them. As the editor of STAT’s First Opinion section, I periodically teach workshops for academics, wonks, and other experts on how to write for the public, and I was looking to refresh my list of examples of what to do and, perhaps more importantly, what not to do to write engaging, persuasive pieces for general-interest readers.
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