Callout invites reflections on September 11 attacks
The Guardian published the solicitation in its US news section under the headline “People in the US: how do you see the impact of 9/11 on the country and day-to-day life?” The page frames the request around the approaching anniversary, asking readers to reflect on how the attacks have shaped American life over the past quarter century.
Submissions go through an online form embedded in the article. The Guardian specifies a maximum file size of 5.7 MB and states that respondents’ contact details will be seen only by the outlet. The page instructs those filling out the form to obtain permission before including other people’s names and provides links to the outlet’s terms of service and privacy policy. The article also notes a preference for the publication on Google.
The callout is not itself a news report. It contains no original sourcing, no attributed quotations, and no documented facts about the events of September 11, 2001. Its function is to gather reader perspectives that the outlet may draw on for its own retrospective coverage of the anniversary.
The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks falls on September 11, 2026, a quarter century after the 2001 attacks.