I’ll Perk Up My ‘Writing for Readers’ Title If You Perk Up Your Writing

Nov 14, 2024 1:00PM—2:00PM

Location

Webinar

Cost $35.00

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LIVE WEBINAR

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024

1PM(CENTRAL); 2PM(EASTERN)

About the webinar:

This webinar is designed to force you into writing news stories in a way that connects with your reader. Your bosses will like the added reads and your audiences will thank you when you do not torture them with poor writing.

 
About the presenter: 

Lyle Muller is the professional adviser for Grinnell College’s student-run Scarlet & Black newspaper. Before that, he built a long-time Iowa journalist and educator. He was the first full-time executive director-editor of the nonprofit Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism and had a 25-year career at The Gazette newspaper in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City that included serving as editor of The Gazette and the former Iowa City Gazette. His past experiences include serving as the reporting coach for The Daily Iowan’s Ethics and Politics Initiative journalism project at the University of Iowa, the Iowa editor for PolitiFact, an adjunct faculty member of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, an Iowa Newspaper Foundation director, and on Pulitzer Prize juries that selected finalists for investigative reporting for 2017 and commentary for 2018. He remains a member of the Iowa High School Press Association Board of Directors and was a 2023 recipient of the Iowa Newspaper Association’s Distinguished Service Award.