BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:September 2026: 3 Writing Tools for Editors DESCRIPTION:Join "America's writing coach" Roy Peter Clark and the Poynter Institute's Kristen Hare for a lively conversation about three writing tools that editors can use for more powerful\, clear work that thrives through coaching relationships.\n\nDiscussions include Clark's memorable lessons and demonstrating how editors can harness their power to improve communications\, messaging and even management.\n\nLearning ObjectivesUse word placement to strengthen clarity and impact.Recognize how pacing influences readability and reader engagement.Apply coaching techniques that help writers improve their work rather than simply correcting or fixing it.\n\nAbout the speakers\nRoy Peter Clark has taught writing at Poynter to students of all ages since 1979. He has served the Institute as its first full-time faculty member\, dean\, vice president\, and senior scholar. He contributes regularly to Poynter.org on topics such as writing\, reporting\, editing\, coaching writers\, reading\, language and politics\, American culture\, ethics\, and the standards and practices of journalism. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books including "Writing Tools\," "The Glamour of Grammar\," "Help! For Writers\," "How to Write Short\," and "The Art of X-ray Reading."Kristen Hare is the Poynter faculty's director of craft and local news and the author of Local Edition\, Poynter's weekly newsletter for and about local journalists. Kristen created and leads Breaking Into Books\, a narrative nonfiction workshop for journalists\, and Mining for Memoir. Her work includes teaching and coaching at Poynter programs\, including Women's Leadership Academy\, Essential Skills for New Managers and Lead With Influence. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join &ldquo\;America'\;s writing coach&rdquo\; Roy Peter Clark and the Poynter Institute'\;s Kristen Hare for a lively conversation about three writing tools that editors can use for more powerful\, clear work that thrives through coaching relationships.

Discussions include Clark&rsquo\;s memorable lessons and demonstrating how editors can harness their power to improve communications\, messaging and even management.

Learning Objectives

About the speakers


Roy Peter Clark has taught writing at Poynter to students of all ages since 1979. He has served the Institute as its first full-time faculty member\, dean\, vice president\, and senior scholar. He contributes regularly to Poynter.org on topics such as writing\, reporting\, editing\, coaching writers\, reading\, language and politics\, American culture\, ethics\, and the standards and practices of journalism. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books including &ldquo\;Writing Tools\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;The Glamour of Grammar\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Help! For Writers\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;How to Write Short\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;The Art of X-ray Reading.&rdquo\;

Kristen Hare is the Poynter faculty&rsquo\;s director of craft and local news and the author of Local Edition\, Poynter&rsquo\;s weekly newsletter for and about local journalists. Kristen created and leads Breaking Into Books\, a narrative nonfiction workshop for journalists\, and Mining for Memoir. Her work includes teaching and coaching at Poynter programs\, including Women'\;s Leadership Academy\, Essential Skills for New Managers and Lead With Influence. \;

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