The Summerland Advocate-Messenger - Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community

What is the difference between news and opinion?

This, friends, is the question of the week.

In last week's issue, I explained how SAM began a partnership with Trusting News, a project of the Reynolds Journalism Institute and American Press Institute.

We worked to devise strategies that promote responsible and ethical journalism.

One goal I established, through the project, is to provide a breakdown of what makes a news article, an editorial and a column.

In the Advocate-Messenger, opinion and editorial pieces appear on Page 2. It should be easy to tell the page includes editorial content beca...