Nice work CivAnon. I'll share some resources too.

For anyone who wants to be a reporter, the AP stylebook. Idk if you need to follow this for op-eds but it couldn't hurt.

>https://www.codot.gov/business/grants/safetygrants/documents/APStyleGuideCheatSheet.pdf

some terms, concepts and links

>https://www.thoughtco.com/terms-aspiring-journalist-needs-to-learn-2074340

>The lede is the first sentence of a hard-news story; a succinct summary of the story’s main point. Ledes should typically be a single sentence or no more than 35 to 40 words. The best ledes are ones that highlight the most important, newsworthy and interesting aspects of a news story while leaving out secondary details that can be included later in the story.

BBC Journalism Skills: Principles of good writing for news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdkbsl3YjHM

some free courses:

https://www.edx.org/course/english-for-journalists-part-1-2

>Improve your English grammar, vocabulary and writing skills through exciting topics in journalism and world news.

https://www.edx.org/course/global-muckraking-investigative-journalism-and-glo

>Global Muckraking: Investigative Journalism and Global Media

>Learn how brave journalists can rock the world by exposing corruption and human rights and labor abuses.