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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

types of editorial

on the basis of date and time of publication editorial can be studied through these categories 

  1. precede
  2. follow
  3. prompt
  4. sum up
precede (come before)

editorial which is published in the newspaper  before an incident, when some big news is going to be happened.purpose of this editorial is to predict the up comings. such as an editorial on
  • ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations )Summit annual meeting will be held on tomorrow 
  • ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 (before the announcement of hosting countries for matches )
  • up coming election in U.S
follow (come after)

editorial which is published after an incident. when there is a big news to be discussed. these editorials are very common.its purpose is to favor or condemn a statement /bill/decision  of government /court/military and reflect the opinion of newspaper( either pro or against). such as

  • a bill passed in national assembly
  • Chief justice about reducing CNG Prices
  •  politician slapped a teacher
  • PM Son involved in corruption case

prompt (on time)

editorial which is published on a certain day.its publication follows the calender. It can be on any memorial day or the day of annual celebration.its purpose is annual celebration or lamentation . such as
  • children's day 
  • Independence day 
  • 9/11
 sum up

editorial which embraces background knowledge comes in sum up editorial.these type of editorial can be published on any date. basically its purpose is to give a comprehensive knowledge of past and to build an opinion on the bases of those past records.   

  • budget 2012 and 2000
  • work of political party in 1970's 90's and in 2012
  • life loss through viral diseases in last 2 years  
*The fact behind similarities among these types is that these all are editorials i.e the opinion writing