Opinion editor offers advice on how best to present your article
Matatu operators in Nyeri Town on August 14, 2017 read a copy of the Daily Nation. One does not have to be a journalist or an expert in any field to write for a newspaper. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Submitting an article more than once does not increase the chances of getting published.
A good article, I can assure you, sells itself. It needs no pushing. Calling the editor unnecessarily can only be irritating.
Last Friday, Daily Nation Opinion Editor Mwiti Marete brought out into the open what happens in the opinion pages.
In particular, he spelt out the criteria used to select what to publish, the reasons for rejecting some and the rules of submitting articles. He continues the demystification of the op-eds.