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Video guest essays typically run three to seven minutes. They aspire to delight the reader with visuals, emotion, great writing and originality and to open a window into a world we might not otherwise see.They start conversations, influence policymakers and have an impact far beyond the pages of Times Opinion.Good videos usually allow the audience to experience the story or convey an emotional or visual transformation of the story.There is a reason they are videos and not text.

They give insight into complicated problems or anticipate big ideas. They try to challenge and engage viewers who do not necessarily agree with the writer’s point of view.The best video guest essays have a few things in common: It should be clear why this story is best told in video. Powerful video guest essays present a focused argument that is aimed at a specific target (such as a company, a C.E.O., an elected official or a committee).

Ny times opinion page series#

To reach Op-Docs, our award-winning short film documentary series made by filmmakers, please visit Submit an Op-Doc. Video guest essays are different from Op-Docs, our short documentary series that is more filmic and less newsy. We discourage video essays that are primarily responses to other Opinion videos, articles, columns or editorials. Because these individuals already have significant platforms, their essays are held to especially high standards and offer readers newsworthy insight.

A platform for public officials: Where public officials can make their case, explain their position, or tell their stories.

Economists, lawyers, doctors, teachers, psychologists, playwrights and many others may all have expertise on a given topic that may advance an important argument. We seek out essays from experts in which they make an original, robust argument based on their unusual or deep expertise.

A hub for experts: Where experts can present findings, highlight problems and propose solutions to the public and to one another.

First-person accounts: Where everyday people describe their experiences in their own words in a way that compels readers to see the world or reflect on their own experiences in a different light.

Video guest essays can take many forms, such as: We strive to feature voices and views that might not ordinarily be featured in text at Times Opinion. Video guest essays offer our audience a robust range of ideas on newsworthy events and issues of broad public concern from people outside The New York Times. By design, these arguments and voices will often diverge or dissent from those of our columnists and editorials. We believe it’s valuable to create space for people who aren’t journalists and who often have no institutional affiliation with The Times to speak directly to readers instead of being mediated through a reporter.

Inviting “intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion” has been core to the work of The Times since 1896, when our publisher Adolph Ochs declared it part of the newspaper’s mission. Convening rich discussion and debate is an important and unique way The Times helps readers better understand the world. At their core, video guest essays are an argument defined and substantiated with evidence. Video guest essays were formerly known as video Op-Eds.