by Marcy Burstiner | 2 Oct 2023 | Education, Journalism, Media Literacy, News Decoder Tips, Personal Reflections, Writing
Your opinion matters. But how you express that opinion in print can mean a yawning reader or one who can’t stop thinking about your ideas. Girl reads by flashlight under the covers. Illustration by News Decoder. If you go to a gathering and someone starts to...
by Helen Womack | 24 Nov 2022 | Culture, Personal Reflections, Writing
Writing should not tie you up in knots. It is no more formal than speaking. Write as you would speak. Think of writing as speaking on paper. (Courtesy of Lansing Community College Library) Two authors taught me how to write. One was British civil servant Sir Ernest...
by Nelson Graves | 22 Jun 2020 | News Decoder Tips, News Decoder Updates, Writing
What’s the secret to good writing? It’s a process that can push authors outside their comfort zones as they challenge their assumptions. In her award-winning story, Claire Wang looked dispassionately at three countries as they struggled with COVID-19....