More of Saturday’s speakers:
- Dick Weiss. He has 33 years of writing and editing experience. He was a metro editor and writing coach at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he introduced narrative writing. He founded WeissWrite LLC in 2003.
- His session: “Making your stories sing: Techniques songwriters use to tell stories”
- His work: Dick’s Picks, WeissWrite, frequent speaker at the American Press Institute
- Further reading: “Dad’s Write Stuff,” by Dick Weiss (Poynter.org, 2003)
- Phoebe Claggett. She is a 20-year-old singer/songwriter from St. Louis.
- Her work: Poster on the Wall, available on iTunes.
- Louise Kiernan. She is a reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
She was the lead writer for “Gateway to Gridlock,” which won a 2001
Pulitzer Prize. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer for a story
about a woman killed by a piece of falling glass. She was a 2005
Nieman fellow. - Her session: “Making sense out of complex subjects”
- Further reading: “In Praise of Private Records,” by Chip Scanlan (Poynter.org, 2003)
—Leann Frola, Naughton Fellow, Poynter Online
