If there’s one thing that Katie Orenstein is passionate about, it’s helping women’s voices penetrate the largely male-dominated (by 85%) Op-Eds (for those not familiar with journalism lingo, that’s an opinion piece historically published in newspapers opposite the editorial page, but which has now translated to online forums, as well). Katie is founder of The OpEd Project, a day-long seminar created to help women find their voices and engage in these public debates. She is bringing a portion of her seminar to BlogHer ’09, leading two sessions in our Leadership track: “Owning Your Expertise” and “Writing Your Op-Ed.”

Katie has been interviewed and featured across a variety of media channels, including one segment about The OpEd Project on NPR with “Tell me More” host Michael Martin and another bit with CBS News’ Katie Couric. One of her alums wrote a piece published in More Magazine, “Finding My Voice at Fifty”, which discusses Katie and The OpEd Project. She has been featured in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Feministing.com and an array of other publications and websites.

If you want to get more traction with your writing and blogging about the political, social and cultural issues that are most important to you, but don’t know where to start, consider joining the Owning Your Expertise panel at BlogHer ’09. Additionally, in Writing Your Op-Ed, Katie will walk us through the basic structure of crafting an opinion piece, including what makes it credible and tactics to achieve publication. Whether you’re hoping to infiltrate mainstream media or publish opinion pieces on your blog, these sessions will help improve your writing and persuasiveness.

If you’re interested in the full seminar, Katie will be hosting one after BlogHer ’09, on Sunday, July 26th. To learn more or sign up for the event, click here.

Considering the amazing voices we’ve discovered throughout the BlogHer community, we’re proud to present part of The OpEd Project at BlogHer ’09. We hope you’ll find it as valuable as we have!