The four weekly events an op-ed in the style of the New York Times ( 750 words or thereabouts ) ; a New Yorker Talk of the Town piece ( 750 words or thereabouts ) ; the first 1,000 words of a Vanity Fair profile ; and a breaking news story ( 750 words or thereabouts ) .
The NY times will reject any op-eds that are vastly over 750 words .