Historians in the Public Sphere (AHA 2016 Session 253)

Panelists at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Historical Association discuss "Why and How We Should Write Op-Eds and Engage the Media." Everything has a history, and historical thinking provides insights into just about any aspect of public culture. A panel of historians, each with experience writing op-eds and other commentary for local and national publications, discusses the importance of historians speaking to the public. They also offer practical strategies from crafting your article to the mechanics of submitting it for publication.