United under the banner “free markets, free people,” The Wall Street Journal Opinion section has long served as a forum for intelligent, thought-provoking commentary. While we aim to persuade, every word we publish is the product of rigorous reporting, research and debate. We operate with complete independence from the newsroom.
What differentiates Opinion from News? This rare, behind-the-scenes look into The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion page follows five of its staff, including Editor Paul Gigot, over the course of a day. They take us through their processes and show how their perspectives are shaped by thorough research, analysis, and rigor. Produced by The Wall Street Journal Membership Team independent of the WSJ Newsroom.
By Future View | January 26, 2021
EDITORIALS. The editorials in The Wall Street Journal are intended as fact-based opinion. Journal editorial writers do their own reporting on issues and then present an opinion that is consistent with the Journal’s editorial philosophy of “free markets, free people.” Our goal is to give readers an informed point of view that will let them shape their own opinions on the issues of the day. We don’t simply tell readers what to think. Our job—combining facts with a distinct point of view—is to make them think.
By Future View | January 19, 2021
By Jason Willick | August 30, 2019
Ronald Reagan said: ‘I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.’ In the years I’ve been writing, the Democrats and. READ MORE
As a kid, I dreamed of playing for the U.S. women’s national soccer team. Brandi Chastain and Mia Hamm were my idols. I sometimes scrimmaged with my o. READ MORE
I think I can safely say that East is East is the only column in America that owes its existence (indirectly) to a nuclear explosion. The year was 199. READ MORE
All pages of the Journal pursue accuracy, fairness and truth. But the mission of our news pages is to inform while our opinion pages have an additional purpose—to persuade. This difference is fundamental.
— Karen Elliott House
I try to see what is true and then I try to say it. I value clarity and directness, also charity when it seems appropriate and humor when it isn't for. READ MORE
On long car trips as a kid my father would threaten to read “The Almanac of American Politics” for each congressional district we drove through; for t. READ MORE
I’ll never forget the first time my byline ran in The Wall Street Journal. It was April 8, 2008, and I was a junior at Hillsdale College, a small libe. READ MORE
By Collection of Authors | July 15, 2014
COLUMNS. More than in any other form of opinion writing, the relationship between columnists and their readers is personal. Every Journal columnist has his or her own style, point of view and quirks. Readers want to know what their columnists are going to say about the news of the day. Our columnists in turn make a conscious effort to fulfill those expectations by connecting directly to their loyal readers. As we said, it’s personal, every day of the week.
If you want to feel optimistic about America, spend some time wandering the average grocery store. Pick up an item that seems basic, like a humble can. READ MORE
By George Melloan | June 23, 1989
I tried very hard in my youth to escape the world of foreign affairs, but it is increasingly clear that I failed. During my teenage years I attended G. READ MORE
OP-EDS. The world today is awash in opinion. With the bylined articles on the Journal’s opinion pages under “Commentary”, we try to select the best thinkers and most informed specialists on current affairs and give them a large platform to communicate their ideas to our readers. No one expects to see just one opinion on a subject. Op-Ed writers express their own points of view, which are not necessarily consistent with those of the paper’s editorials. We publish authors who will challenge, provoke and even affirm the wide range of views held by our readers.
To be an opinion writer is to invite criticism and to learn to enjoy it. And the critics who amuse me most remain those who glance over my formal bio . READ MORE
Growing up on a farm in North Dakota, I never dreamed of trying to make a living in journalism. My great-grandfather had worked his way to the state f. READ MORE
The New York City area has been my home for nearly a quarter-century now, but I was born, raised and schooled upstate in Buffalo, N.Y. Both parents we. READ MORE
I’ve seen over decades how Silicon Valley has driven progress without any single person or government agency directing who gets funding and who doesn’. READ MORE
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. This is the daily forum where the Journal’s readers get to express their opinion of our opinions and of the paper’s news stories. Our readers views are important—and unpredictable. They may disagree entirely with our point of view, or with part of it, or they may add additional argument to our opinions. They catch mistakes and set us straight. They argue with each other. We wouldn’t let a day pass without seeing readers’ opinions in The Wall Street Journal.
While our news pages are committed to informing our readers, our editorial pages are dedicated to advocating a consistent philosophy and positions that emanate from it. That philosophy can be summed up as “free markets, free people.”
— Karen Elliott House
Curiosity is the hallmark of a good journalist, and I think I was born with that gene. In my early working life, before I was in journalism, I travele. READ MORE
My view of the world is summed up by a line in the book ‘Modern Times’ that arrives about 40 pages in: ‘There are no inevitabilities. READ MORE
I am assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page, author of the weekday Best of the Web column and co-author of the new book, "B. READ MORE
I’ve spent most of my life bouncing between technology and markets. I grew up in central New Jersey, built a Z80-based home computer in high school in. READ MORE
When I was 17, in 1989, I came across National Review magazine in my high school library. What I read entranced me. The editorials and essays were urb. READ MORE
I was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and grew up there, on Long Island, and in northern New Jersey. After graduating high school I worked for two years in a . READ MORE
The goal is to let facts, rather than political correctness, show the way. Evidence, logic and experience help guide my opinions. Results matter more . READ MORE
Though often out of step with prevailing opinion, the paper’s editorials through the years have had a remarkable consistency. With rare exception, they have been firmly grounded in individualist philosophies of the 18th century, when the divine “rights” of monarchs and ruling classes were being challenged by firebrands asserting the “rights of man.”
— George Melloan
We recognize that others may disagree but see little value in equivocation. In stating our own views forcefully, we hope to raise and sharpen the level of debate and knowledge.
In a lifetime of journalism, nearly all of it writing opinion journalism, it is at times daunting to think how many words I have written. Millions. Ma. READ MORE
For most of George W. Bush’s second term, yours truly served as his chief speechwriter. So it should probably not come as the surprise it is that when. READ MORE
I grew up in suburban Philadelphia in the 1960s and '70s. My father was a college professor; my mother was a homemaker and, later, a local librarian. . READ MORE
It's a long and winding road from Vermont to London via Hong Kong. And I followed that road by accident. Growing up in the second-largest city in one . READ MORE
Growing up in suburban Los Angeles, I was interested in computers. When I started college at 15, I majored in computer science. I got bored within a c. READ MORE
