 Dr.
Roy Peter Clark
Senior Scholar
and Reporting, Writing & Editing Faculty
rclark@poynter.org
Writes and
teaches writing. Helps writers understand the writing process
and the power of stories. Collects writing tools and tips from
the best journalists in the world and shares them with all interested
writers. Encourages editors to coach writers and teaches the techniques
of collaborative editing. Is an acknowledged expert in the teaching
of writing to young people. Develops and describes new forms of
storytelling for newspapers, including the serial narrative.
Reporter,
feature writer, and film critic, St. Petersburg Times;
faculty, Auburn University; author of Free to Write: A Journalist
Teaches Young Writers, co-author of Coaching Writers: Editors
and Reporters Working Together, and author of the serial narratives,
"Three Little Words," "Sadie’s Ring,"
and "Ain’t Done Yet"; former editor of Best
Newspaper Writing series; director of National Writers’
Workshops; elected as Distinguished Service Member of ASNE. B.A.,
Providence College; Ph.D., English, SUNY at Stony Brook.
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