Column (periodical)
A newspaper column by Don Marquis
A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication. Columns are written by columnists.
What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that is a regular feature in a publication and that it explicitly contains the author's opinion or point of view.
Types of columns
Some types of newspaper columns are:
- Advice column
- Book review
- Community correspondent
- Critic's reviews
- Editorial opinion
- Exchange column
- Fashion column
- Features column
- Food column
- Gossip column
- Humor column or causerie
- Music column
- Sports column
- Tensei Jingo, a short column concerning recent news items
Awards
The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary is often awarded for commentary appearing in a column.