# The OpEd Project

> The OpEd Project is a New York nonprofit that helps underrepresented experts turn knowledge into public influence. Its workshops, year-long Public Voices Fellowships, editorial coaching, office hours and journalist network teach more than sentence craft: they explain how credibility, timing, pitching and media access work, then stay involved long enough to help ideas reach public forums.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Katie Orenstein (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Write to Change the World, Public Voices Fellowship, Think Bigger Together, Ask A Journalist, Private editorial coaching
- **Notable:** Echoing Green selected the organization for seed support in 2008 from a pool of roughly 1,500 applicants., The organization reports nearly 17,000 people have participated in at least one day of programming and produced tens of thousands of published ideas reaching hundreds of millions., Its impact page reports a 35% one-year op-ed publication rate for workshop participants and 75% for participants matched with journalist mentors.

## Products & services

- **Write to Change the World** — A public, typically virtual two-half-day core workshop on credibility, persuasion, argument, timing and pitching, followed by one month of journalist office hours and mentor support.
- **Public Voices Fellowship** — A roughly twenty-person, year-long institutional fellowship with four convenings, nine months of journalist coaching and three months of follow-on access.
- **Think Bigger Together** — An advanced workshop for alumni focused on connecting ideas, finding timely angles and collaborative public writing.
- **Ask A Journalist** — Office hours that give alumni direct access to working journalists for practical feedback and publishing guidance.
- **Private editorial coaching** — Individual editorial support for developing and placing public-facing ideas.
- **Institutional programs and memberships** — Custom workshops, fellowships, story campaigns and ongoing support for universities, nonprofits, foundations and companies.

## Achievements

- Echoing Green selected the organization for seed support in 2008 from a pool of roughly 1,500 applicants.
- The organization reports nearly 17,000 people have participated in at least one day of programming and produced tens of thousands of published ideas reaching hundreds of millions.
- Its impact page reports a 35% one-year op-ed publication rate for workshop participants and 75% for participants matched with journalist mentors.
- A University of Colorado analysis cited by the organization found a conservative 240% increase in fellows' mainstream-media visibility in the two years after the fellowship versus the two years before.
- A 2023 company update reported 43 core workshops, 16 fellowships, 48 journalist office hours and 400 mentor matches in one year.
- Carol Anderson's fellowship-era Ferguson essay became The Washington Post's most emailed op-ed of its year and led to the book White Rage.
- Alumna and later facilitator Chandra Bozelko published more than 70 op-eds; the organization says three caused identifiable policy reversals.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The University of Illinois System announced its eighth Public Voices cohort, with twenty faculty members in the 2026-2027 program.
- **2026-06** — A Public Voices Fellowship on Public Health began with Blue Shield of California Foundation, bringing together twenty California residents for a year-long cohort.
- **2026-04** — Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans announced its fourth annual partnership cohort with The OpEd Project; the inaugural cohort had published more than 74 opinion pieces.
- **2025-12** — Acumen Academy introduced a Public Voices Fellowship cohort focused on tackling poverty, in partnership with The OpEd Project.
- **2025-10** — The second Technology in the Public Interest fellowship began, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, with convenings continuing into June 2026.
- **2025-08** — UC Santa Barbara announced its 2025 Public Voices cohort and noted the partnership there dates to 2014.
- **2025-07** — The University of Illinois System announced its seventh cohort, comprising twenty faculty members for 2025-2026.
- **2025-04** — Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans and The OpEd Project announced twenty fellows for their 2025 cohort.

## Links

- Website: https://www.theopedproject.org
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theopedproject/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TheOpEdProject
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theopedproject/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theopedproject

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