BLAST from the Past: RADIOWORLD Editorial - Necessary and Welcome

While conducting mandatory end-of-the-year hard-drive maintenance on the several laptops
which make up WQ6X radio operations, I encountered pictures of the two editorials I wrote for RADIOWORLD (published on April 24, 2022, and December 21, 2022).  Because column-inch
real estate is always limited, magazine editors take it upon themselves to edit submissions for interest, legal or space reasons.  While I am overall pleased with the text that made it into print,
it's interesting to contrast the final result with what was originally written.

In all fairness, the above submission was making reference to two different arenas and the editor consolidated it down to one, with a slightly different order of the text, making it more palatable
to the mixed audience who reads RADIOWORLD magazine.  Nevertheless, it's interesting
to see things that I wrote actually making it into print.

Have YOU ever submitted an editorial or Op-ed piece to a newspaper or magazine?

What was YOUR Experience?