I’ve spent the last 25 years helping people and organizations craft and tell their stories. Storytelling involves digging into a situation, uncovering a narrative that will be relevant to others…
Let’s make writing original again
The Republican National Convention had barely started this week when a controversy arose: A speech by Melania Trump, the wife of GOP nominee Donald Trump, contained verbatim passages from First…
The impotence of “just”
At some point over the last eight months or so, I began making a conscientious effort to eliminate using the word “just” in work emails and conversations. This decision came…
Write on
I write a lot. I also read a lot. But I think the last book I read about writing was Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. (I know that…
Six takeaways on the state of journalism education
Earlier this week, we attended the very first #nycmerrillmeetup, a networking event for University of Maryland Merrill College of Journalism alumni based in the NYC area. I actually helped plan…