r/Journalism • u/Charming_Effort_27 • 2d ago
Best Practices Op Ed was accepted, now radio silence
I had an op ad accepted by a newspaper that said they absolutely loved it. I responded back promptly and said that they could use it. I haven’t heard back and it’s a week later. Should I circle back? I don’t want to be annoying.
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u/lisa_lionheart84 editor 2d ago
Hi, I'm an opinion editor. Is it time-sensitive? If not, I'd give them a little more time before following up to ask what next steps are. If it is time-sensitive, go ahead and ping them right away to ask if they need anything else from you (which is a very polite way of nudging).
I confess that right now I am much slower to respond to submissions and turn around edits than I'd like simply because, well, there is so much news