According to a report from The Hill, CNN’s opinion section is shutting down; writers were formally notified of the change over email Wednesday afternoon.
“Just a quick note to let you know that unfortunately CNN has decided to shut down the opinion section,” an opinion editor sent in an email. “I hope our paths cross elsewhere!”
The editor did not elaborate on the reasoning for the shutdown.
Reached for comment, a senior executive at CNN told The Hill: “We did make the decision at the beginning of the month to sunset the opinion vertical on CNN.com; as a result, we will no longer have a standalone Opinion section.”
From The Hill:
The senior executive pointed to a post on a Substack called The Media Mix by Claire Atkinson, which detailed a closure of the section coming in August.
The opinion section served as a platform for diverse voices and has recently featured a variety of pieces about the 2024 presidential election, as well as buzzy topics like the Olympics and Generation Z social media influencer trends.
Its current homepage features a column titled “Project 2025 is coming for our kids, too” by Veronica Goodman, a director at a progressive think tank, about Republicans’ policy priorities ahead of a possible second Donald Trump presidency.
More over at The Hill:
Scoop: CNN is permanently ending its opinion section, certain writers were sent a goodbye email this afternoonhttps://t.co/D6VUhuDMtY
— Hanna Trudo (@HCTrudo) July 31, 2024
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