Average/best length of newsletter article?

Chris Borokowski athloi at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 30 09:48:17 MDT 2007


Best length for a column: about 1,000 words
For a blog, about 500-750 words

In any true "newsletter," I would adapt article length to content. I'd
keep news items short at under 250 words. I would make feature articles
under 750. 

--- Geoff Hart <ghart at videotron.ca> wrote:

> I'm not surprised, since there's no such thing, at least not in any  
> meaningful way. The only universally applicable answer is: "As long  
> as it takes to communicate what you're trying to say without boring  
> the reader." Every newsletter has different requirements, both  
> because of the preferences of its editors and the patience of their  
> audience.


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