To experiment with fostering scholarly communication with links to practice, JAPA has introduced a new article format, the Planning Viewpoint. JAPA Planning Viewpoints make well-reasoned arguments that draw on planning scholarship and research and are relevant to planning practice. Examples might include critiquing a practice case, evaluating a key planning idea, identifying an omission in planning research, or speculating on the future of a domain of planning. Clearly conceptualized, Planning Viewpoints also acknowledge or engage with alternative interpretations. They join standard research articles and longer review essays as a double-blinded refereed article format in the journal. I hope that they will engage issues of central concern to the profession in the United States and internationally, from social justice and climate change to new technologies and the evolving role of government.